Nairobi, March 28 -- The scale of domestic and external debts could have tilted in favour of the latter by January on the impact of a weak shilling and more borrowing from foreign sources.

By the end of January, Kenya's public debt stock of Sh11.248 trillion was 55 percent external and 45 percent domestic. In absolute terms, external debts surpassed domestic borrowings by more than Sh1 trillion.

"Domestic debt stock was Sh5,058.04 billion (31.3 percent of GDP), equivalent to USD2 31.46 billion, while the external debt stock was Sh6,189.97 billion (38.4 percent of GDP), equivalent to USD 38.51 billion. Domestic and external debt stock accounted for 45 percent and 55 percent of total debt stock, respectively," Treasury's January public de...