The National Assembly’s Committee on Public Debt and Privatisation has raised concerns over the impact of rising public debt and increased domestic borrowing on private-sector growth, with stakeholders warning that businesses are being squeezed out of the credit market.

The committee, chaired by Hon. Abdi Shurie (Mbalambala), made the remarks during the opening of a three-day Multisectoral Forum on Public Debt Management, organised in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI).

The Principal Secretary in the State Department for Sports, Mr. Elija Mwangi, together with the Local Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, today assured the National Assembly’s Select Committee on Regional Integration that Kenya is working towards readiness to co-host next year’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON) alongside Uganda and Tanzania.