Government Budget
In 2006 Kenya’s revenues totaled US$4.448 billion, while its estimated expenditures totaled US$5.377 billion. Government budget balance as a percentage of gross domestic product—a low –5.5 percent in 2004—had improved to –2.1 percent in 2006.
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