This archive report was first published on 13 October 2019.
Published on October 13, 2019, Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) has urged the government to reassess its foreign borrowing and tax policies.
Speaking at a farewell ceremony for the retiring Southern Nyanza ACK Bishop James Ochiel in Homa-Bay, Ole Sapit expressed worry that excessive borrowing would continue to overburden taxpayers.
"We worry when we continue to go into higher debt at the expense of the people and increase taxes because that will kill the ability of poor people to grow from one level to the other," Ole Sapit said.
He also lamented that most borrowed funds are not utilized effectively, instead ending up in corruption rather than development projects.
"We wish whatever is being borrowed will be translated into improving services and infrastructure," Ole Sapit added.
