NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi plans to raise overall spending 39.5% to 1.39 trillion Burundi francs ($689.91 million) for the 2022/2023 (July-June) budget, and expects to hit a deficit of 8% of gross domestic product, Finance Minister Domitien Ndihokubwayo said on Tuesday.
($1 = 2,014.7500 Burundi francs)
(Reporting by Nairobi Newsroom; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
