By ALLAN OLINGOMore by this AuthorKenya’s military expenditure rose to Sh121.82 billion last year, up from Sh116.19 billion in 2018 as the country sought to modernise its hardware. “Of the Sh121 billion spending proposed for the KDF, Sh23.7 billion will go into buying military hardware in a ‘defense modernisation’ drive,” the National Treasury said. Tanzania’s military spending in 2018 rose to Sh67.5 billion, while Uganda came in third in the region at Sh40.8 billion. China and India top Asian military spending, becoming the second- and third-largest military spenders in the world. China’s military expenditure reached $27.69 trillion in 2019, while India’s grew by 6.8 per cent to $71.1 billion.

Source: Daily Nation April 28, 2020 06:01 UTC