Youth protests and credit downgrades drive away risk-averse investors as Kenya’s debt, fiscal woes deepen

Youth protests and credit downgrades drive away risk-averse investors as Kenya’s debt, fiscal woes deepen

The latest debt sale, on August 1, saw the benchmark 1-year Treasury bill get less than a tenth of demand for the amount on offer. That weak demand is making it even more expensive – and complicated – to fund the debt-burdened government’s budget.

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