Previous regular debt audits by the Auditor General’s office have borne no fruit, causing a depressed tax policy at the taxpayer's expense.
Kenya's public debt has ballooned from Sh2 trillion to over Sh10 trillion in a decade, pushing the debt-to-GDP ratio to a precarious 70 per cent.
The taskforce was gazetted on Friday a few minutes after President William Ruto announced new austerity measures following widespread rage over the wastage of public funds