Last updated: 11 june, 2009 - 03:05 GMT

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Finance ministers in East Africa are facing a conundrum - how can they maintain government spending as tax revenues fall because of the economic slowdown?

The Kenyan government may have to borrow more than US$1.3 billion - the highest borrowing figure in the country's history. So what will this mean for Kenya?

The BBC's Anne Waithera reports from Nairobi.

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