Kenya’s defence budget grows ahead of Africa peers in 2013
Kenya’s defence budget last year rose faster than its African peers as regional armies deepened their arms build-up in the face of new threats from groups like the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab.
Kenya increased its defence budget 20 per cent in the year to June to Ksh74.1 billion ($861million), which was higher than Africa’s mean budget which rose 8.3 per cent to Ksh3.8 trillion, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) says. The institute researches on conflict and arms control.
