Kenya Plans to Narrow Fiscal Deficit to 5% of GDP in 2019-20
NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya, East Africa’s biggest economy intends to narrow its budget deficit to 5 percent of gross domestic product in the fiscal year beginning in July, from 6.3 percent in the current period. The budget gap is seen at 572.2 billion shillings ($5.62 billion), compared with an estimated 635.5 billion shillings in the 12 months through June, the Treasury said in a draft document on its website. It plans to…
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