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Kenya is using Ksh.2.6 billion daily to pay debt, the same amount it borrows
By Kepha Muiruri, 1347, April 17, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya is now using Ksh.2.6 billion daily to pay off its outstanding debt according to a new analysis of government spending by Citizen Digital. Thi...

Kenya's debt distress , National Treasury , taxes
CBK dollar reserves rise by Ksh.8.8 billion as shilling extends gains
By Kepha Muiruri, 1712, April 12, 2021 (EAT)
The Central Bank Kenya (CBK) dollar reserves have grown by Ksh.8.8 billion ($82 million) this past week on the back of new flows from external borrowi...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , dollar , shilling
Kenya now in line to take up nearly Ksh.800 billion in Eurobonds
By Kepha Muiruri, 1826, April 7, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya is in line to take up nearly Ksh.800 billion in Eurobonds over the next 18 months as it marks its return to the international commercial debt ma...

Eurobond , external borrowing , International Monetary Fund (IMF) , National Treasury
Kenya’s debt will stand at Ksh.10.6 trillion in June 2025
By Kepha Muiruri, 1524, April 6, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya’s stock of debt will have shot up to Ksh.10.6 trillion by the close of June 2025 according to estimates by the National Treasury. This mean...

IMF , Kenya's debt , National Treasury
Treasury seeks Ksh.60 billion from April’s infrastructure bond
By Kepha Muiruri, 1639, March 29, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury has set its sights on tapping Ksh.60 billion from this year’s second infrastructure bond (IFB) issue whose sale closes in earl...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , domestic borrowing , National Treasury
Supplementary budget pushes up borrowing by Ksh.125.7 billion
By Kepha Muiruri, 1523, March 19, 2021 (EAT)
The first 2020-21 supplementary budget estimates approved by the National Assembly will push up borrowing by a further Ksh.125.7 billion increasing Ke...

borrowing , Kenya's debt distress , National Treasury
Treasury’s March bonds fetch Ksh.48.3B
By Kepha Muiruri, 1430, March 14, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury has raised Ksh.48.3 bilion from the sale of Treasury bonds (T-bonds) this month as investor appetites for the instruments reboun...

domestic borrowing , treasury bonds
Treasury’s headache after Parliament cuts down local borrowing
By Kepha Muiruri, 1553, March 9, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury is facing a migraine after Members of Parliament approved proposals limiting its reliance on domestic borrowing. The proposal...

CS Yatani , domestic borrowing , Kenya's debt distress , National Treasury
Kenya’s credit rating downgraded on debt woes
By Kepha Muiruri, 1443, March 8, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya has earned yet another ratings downgrade over its rising debt vulnerabilities with the Standards & Poor's (S&P) lowering the country’s...

credit rating , Kenya's debt distress , National Treasury , Standards and Poor's
Treasury on the spot over zero funding for vaccines
By Kepha Muiruri, 1311, March 6, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury has come under fi re for the non-allocation of resources for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines in the financial year commenci...

2021/22 , COVID-19 , National Treasury , vaccines
Treasury goes for Ksh.50 billion in March bonds
By Kepha Muiruri, 1413, March 4, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury has set its sights on raising Ksh.50 billion from the domestic market through the sale of Treasury bonds this month. The Cent...

domestic borrowing , treasury bonds
New IMF, World Bank loans trim Kenya’s debt refinancing risks
By Kepha Muiruri, 1541, February 16, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya’s change of tact to re-integrate cheap financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank has served to trim the country�...

2021 MTDS , debt refinancing , National Treasury
Inside gov’t Ksh3.5 trillion 2021/22 spending plan
By Kepha Muiruri, 1607, February 15, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya’s 2021/22 budget is expected to top Ksh.3.5 trillion with National Treasury divulging details to the spending plans in the 2021 Budget Policy ...

2021/22 budget , Kenya debt , National Treasury
Treasury seeks redemption in Ksh.18 billion February bond-tap sale
By Kepha Muiruri, 838, February 11, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury has sought Ksh.18 billion in additional borrowing from the domestic market having fallen short of its initial target to raise Ks...

local borrowing , National Treasury
Treasury misses Ksh.50B target on February bonds as investor funds dry up
By Kepha Muiruri, 1257, February 4, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury has missed its target of raising Ksh.50 billion from bonds in February on tightening liquidity in the financial markets. The ...

domestic borrowing , National Treasury
Kenya adds Ksh.1.2T to debt stock in 2020
By Kepha Muiruri, 1549, February 1, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya added Ksh.1.2 trillion to its debt portfolio in 2020 as the country’s stock of debt hit Ksh.7.3 trillion in December from Ksh.6 trillion a yea...

coronavirus , debt
Treasury eyes Ksh.50 billion from February bonds
By Kepha Muiruri, 1755, January 27, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury has set its sights on raising Ksh.50 billion in locally contracted debt from the sale of bonds in February. The Central Bank ...

local borrowing , National Treasury
Treasury to borrow Ksh.1 trillion by June
By Kepha Muiruri, 1434, January 26, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury is expected to borrow Ksh.1 trillion in the current financial year ending on June 30, 2021 following upward adjustments to spend...

borrowing , fiscal deficit , National Treasury
61 per cent of half-year tax revenues eaten up by debt payments
By Kepha Muiruri, 1826, January 25, 2021 (EAT)
Data now shows that 61.4 per cent of all taxes raised between July and December 2020 or about 61 shillings for every 100 shillings raised by the gover...

domestic borrowing , Kenya's public debt , National Treasury
Treasury bags Ksh.137B from bonds in January
By Kepha Muiruri, 1417, January 21, 2021 (EAT)
The National Treasury has continued to find easy pickings from the local debt market having added another Ksh.81.1 billion from an infrastructure bond...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , domestic borrrowing , National Treasury