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Kenya: Kenyatta Heads to France to Sign U.S.$1,7 Billion Loan
Nation, 29 September 2020
President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to leave for Paris tomorrow, where he will take billions of shillings in debt for a road project. Read more »
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Kenya: Treasury Raises Debt Target By Sh29.7 Billion on Tax Shorfall
Nation, 22 September 2020
The Treasury has raised domestic borrowing goal for the current financial year, which started in July, by Sh29.72 billion on fears of a deeper shortfall in tax receipts than… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta to Leave Billions of Dollars in Debt By 2022
Nation, 22 September 2020
The national debt is projected to increase by Sh750 billion in the next 10 months. That is Sh2.6 billion a day. Read more »
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Kenya: Debt Swaps Could Free Funds to Tame Climate, Biodiversity and Virus Threats
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 7 September 2020
A share of developing states' foreign debt could be forgiven in exchange for governments devoting those resources to fighting environmental problems, researchers say Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta Makes Debt Plea to UN
Nation, 29 September 2020
President Kenyatta has called for urgent decisions on debt relief and financial aid to Africa's poor to help the continent's quick recovery from the Covid-19 shocks. Read more »