Ruto Announces “Forensic Audit” Of Kenya’s Debt After Violent Protests Over Corruption | Full Speech

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Kenyan President William Ruto on June 5 proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly $2.7 billion budget hole caused by his withdrawal of planned tax hikes in the face of nationwide protests.Ruto scrapped the finance bill containing the tax increases in response to mass, youth-led demonstrations that have created the biggest crisis of his two-year-old presidency.