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THE STANDARD By
Dominic Omondi |
February 3rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Some of the top-performing counties include Ali Roba’s Mandera (83.8 per cent). [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]
Even before Mike Sonko met his Waterloo at the Senate in December last year, his legacy as governor of Nairobi was in a free-fall.
Official data shows that the flamboyant politician, who was impeached on allegations of abuse of office, had one of the worst development records in his last financial year at the helm of City Hall.
The percentage of cash the capital city absorbed in the 12 months to June 2020 for projects that would generate cash was the lowest among the 47 counties.
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The National Treasury building, Nairobi. July 9, 2020. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
The six-month anaesthesia on Kenya’s debt repayment burden will wear off in July, with the pain of meeting its debt obligations rising sharply.
In the upcoming 2021-22 financial year, the country’s debt service is projected to increase to Sh436 billion, up from an earlier estimate of Sh406 billion.
This lends credence to experts’ opinion that the cash-strapped National Treasury has only been postponing its liquidity crisis through the debt service suspension initiative (DSSI) done under the G-20 framework.
Payment of public debts and interest takes first charge, a situation that has seen most of the country’s revenues go to paying off creditors at the expense of other critical public services such as health, education and security.