Debt hole set to deepen, civil servants to lose perks in new plan

2025 BUDGET DAY-  Treasury CS John Mbadi arrives to read the budget at Parliament Buildinggs, Nairobi. June 12th,2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The government will over the next one-year attempt to breathe life into the struggling economy.

While National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi spoke of yet another attempt at austerity measures that could see civil servants lose allowances, President William Ruto's administration will sink the country deeper into debt, borrowing nearly Sh1 trillion. 

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