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Moody's Cuts Kenya Debt Rating Further Into Junk

Kenya has a debt mountain of about $78 billion (Credit: AFP)

Moody's has downgraded Kenya's debt rating further into junk territory and warned the outlook was negative after a wave of protests led the government to abandon proposed tax hikes.

President William Ruto, facing the most serious crisis of his near two-year presidency, last month scrapped a finance bill aimed at replenishing government coffers and helping reduce its huge debt burden.

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