Nairobi, Oct. 5 -- The government plans to revise the budget and take it to Parliament in the next one and half months to help cut on spending and borrowing, President William Ruto has said.

President Ruto said the current budget required heavy borrowing, which would overburden Kenyans.

In April, outgoing Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani presented a Sh3.3 trillion budget for the 2022/2023 financial year, representing a 4.8 per cent growth in public spending.

Speaking in Nyeri during the burial of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's brother, President Ruto said the current budget would force the country to borrow Sh900 billion. He blamed the budget for plunging the country into huge debts.

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