Public debt up to Sh6.6trn in May on Covid-19 loans

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Public debt up to Sh6.6trn in May on Covid-19 loans

Kenya’s public debt increased by Sh212.82 billion in May from the previous month

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When James Lynch gave the speech that appears below, his great achievements lay in the future. Born in Baltimore in 1839, Lynch at the age of 24 went to South Carolina as one of the first A.M.E. missionaries to the freedmen and women. From 1866 to 1867, Lynch was editor of the Christian Recorder in

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Young, Johnny (1940- )

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