This is despite the IMF claiming that its mandate now includes helping states deal with issues like climate, digitalisation, gender, governance and inequality.Unfortunately, Kenya is not an ...

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) report in the first week of June 2025 indicated an increase in US dollar reserves, and the ...

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IMF to Review Kenya's Revised Economic Plan at End of August, Chief Minister Says By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya expects the International Monetary Fund to review its revised fiscal ...

In Kenya, that anger is fresh because Ruto’s now-withdrawn tax hikes as well as similar legislation passed in 2023 are both linked to IMF loans as Kenya staggers under the weight of a heavy debt ...

Despite Kenya's economy's steady expansion, COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has issued a warning indicating that five ...

The IMF program in Kenya has already introduced sweeping reforms, some of which exacerbated the cost-of-living crisis. These include doubling the value added tax on fuel without any compensatory ...

Washington, DC: Ms. Julie Kozack, IMF Director of Communications, stated on Kenya: "We are deeply concerned about the tragic events in Kenya in recent days and saddened by the loss of lives and the ...

The IMF's statement did not mention a Resilience and Sustainability Facility, approved for Kenya in July 2023, which had by the end of last October disbursed $180.4 million of the total $541.3 ...

Kenya’s debt pressures spurred the IMF to approve $941 million for the country in January, bringing the total amount loaned to the East African nation by the financial agency to $3.9 billion.

Danny Bradlow is a Compliance Officer in the Social and Environmental Unit (SECU) of the United Nations Development Program, the UNDP's independent accountability mechanism. Kenya’s mass 2024 ...