Benign Budget Means Widening Fiscal Deficit

BMI View: Kenya's 2008/2009 budget will help to alleviate the burden of high inflation on consumers, thanks to measures including the removal of value-added tax on bread and rice. However, this will mean slowing growth in fiscal revenues, and a widening of the fiscal deficit to a forecast 7.3% of GDP.

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