Many of those presenting themselves as alternative leaders have yet to demonstrate a serious grasp of the country’s finances or the demands of governing.
To maintain fiscal health, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund generally regard a debt-service burden of 15-20 per cent of total government revenue as a prudent upper range. By the time the Kenya Kwanza (KK) administration took over from Jubilee, however, debt service was consuming roughly three times that level.
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