Civil society organizations in Kenya are sounding the alarm over the nation's escalating debt, warning it's creating a public health crisis by diverting funds from essential services.

• Kenya's public debt has surpassed KSh13 trillion, with nearly 70 cents of every shilling collected in government revenue now going towards debt repayment.
• The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Kenya and a coalition of health and human rights organizations launched the Kenyan chapter of the global Freedom from Debt campaign.
• Debt servicing consumes 9.2 times more resources than government spending on health, leading to shortages of crucial medical supplies like antiretroviral drugs.