NAIROBI, March 25 -- FOLLOWING the bold public statements by constitutional lawyer and governance activist Willis Evans Otieno under the slogan

“We Refuse to Pay Whats Unlawful,” public debt in Kenya has once again become a key political and economic issue ahead of the general election scheduled for August 2027.

This lawyers argument, which claims that certain loans were contracted improperly and have not led to tangible development projects, has sparked a national debate about the true developmental value of public borrowing, fiscal transparency and accountability.

A fundamental question at the heart of most Kenyans debate is how a country can amass substantial debt without clear evidence of economic transformation or the ...