Every shilling owed, every lender named, every cent of interest β so you can hold power to account.
Outstanding public debt β money borrowed by the Kenyan government that must be repaid, with interest, from taxes you pay.
10-year trajectory
If every Kenyan paid an equal share
Based on IMF debt-sustainability thresholds
What Treasury reports vs. what IMF counts β and what the gap means.
Central Government debt β loans the National Treasury owes directly.
Includes counties, SOE debt, pension arrears, and pending bills β the measure credit-rating agencies and IMF Article IV use.
Kenya's debt is published as two slightly-different totals. We show both, with the sources, so you can verify.
Sum of every registered debt instrument β multilateral loans, bilateral loans, commercial loans, Eurobonds, Treasury bonds, T-bills, CBK advances, and pending bills.
β Used as the headline figure on this site
CBK/Treasury's consolidated stock published in annual statistical bulletins and the Budget Policy Statement. This is the figure quoted in news headlines.
The two totals disagree because Treasury's aggregate is published after consolidation adjustments β forex revaluation on external debt, T-bill rollovers in transit, and pending bills yet to be booked into the instrument register. Treasury reconciles these at year-end. We use the live loan register as the headline because it's tied directly to the CBK bulletin our ETL parses daily β so the number you see moves when CBK publishes fresh data.
The debt broken down by lender category β foreign creditors (external) vs. local banks and pension funds (domestic). Hover to compare.
Foreign-currency exposure β World Bank, China Exim, Eurobonds. FX risk on the shilling.
Treasury Bonds & Bills held in-country by banks & pension funds. Rate risk.
Outstanding balance per maturity year β the βwallsβ of debt Kenya must refinance or pay off.
Showing 5 loans with published maturity dates across 2025β2037. Dashed green line marks today.
Continuously rolled over β no single maturity date. Interest costs recur every year.
Debt-to-GDP, service ratio and external share across EAC peers. Sources: IMF WEO, World Bank IDS (via WDI).
Three sustainability ratios compared against internationally-agreed thresholds. Crossing them signals fiscal stress.
Kenyaβs revenue (FY 2025/26) doesnβt cover the whole budget β debt service is a first-call charge, paid before anything else. Whatβs left funds the rest; the shortfall is borrowed.
Source: National Treasury Budget Policy Statement FY 2025/26. Includes interest + principal redemption on Consolidated Fund Services.
Money already owed to suppliers, contractors and staff β but not yet paid. Older bills are a signal of cashflow distress.
Bills older than 180 days are referred to the Pending Bills Verification Committee.
Annual debt service (interest + principal repayments) and what share of revenue it consumes.
Every active loan facility, sortable by what matters most to you.
Sources