Kenya launches record budget to sustain economic growth

NAIROBI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Thursday presented its 3.9 trillion shillings (about 30 billion U.S. dollars) budget for the financial year 2024/2025, focusing on sustaining economic growth.

Njuguna Ndung'u, the cabinet secretary for the Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning, who presented the budget statement before the National Assembly in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, said the government seeks to foster economic growth after it rebounded in 2023.