Kenya's domestic debt has reached 5.4 trillion shillings

The ‘okoa uchumi’ campaign has called for accountability in the country's debt management, saying the government had engaged in wanton borrowing without corresponding benefits to Kenyans. The civil society group held a citizens' assembly in Nairobi today, where the office of the comptroller of budget warned that domestic debt, which attracts high interest rates, will soon become a burden too heavy for Kenyans to bear