Nairobi, Aug. 25 -- Kenya is unable to meet its fiscal consolidation targets because of cash demands by education and security sectors, which were allocated Sh1.35 trillion in this year's budget, President William Ruto's chief economic advisor, David Ndii, has said.

He said despite allocating the education sector Sh784.5 billion in the current budget, the government is still running a deficit in funding for universities and teacher recruitment.

Tying the funding demands to demographics, Dr Ndii cited the widening ratio of security officers and teachers to the population as one of the reasons the government is being forced to spend more on the two despite calls to cut its recurrent budget.

"Fiscal consolidation is harder than it might l...