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State ups domestic borrowing to avert global lenders' scrutiny

Treasury CS John Mbadi during the 2025 Budget reading on June 12, 2025, at Parliament. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Kenya’s growing reliance on domestic borrowing to plug budget holes is now being seen as a way of skirting the tough conditions pegged on accessing external loans, especially from multilateral lenders.

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