EDITORIAL: Post-Covid recovery plan in budget good - News Summed Up

EDITORIAL: Post-Covid recovery plan in budget good


By EDITORIAL More by this AuthorThe thrust of this year’s budget is economic recovery. But Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani did not have blinkers: Recovery will be slow and painful. The tourism and transport sectors have been grounded due to the government’s containment measures to curb the coronavirus. Security got Sh167.9 billion and healthcare Sh111.7 billion, of which Sh50 billion targets universal health coverage. Yet, to date, the aggregate debt portfolio is Sh6.4 trillion — which is more than double the annual budget.


Source: Daily Nation June 11, 2020 21:00 UTC



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