Moody’s suggests that Kenya’s fiscal sustainability is tied at the hip with the IMF and the World Bank with financing from ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that it has completed a two-week governance diagnostic mission in Kenya. The IMF’s technical assistance mission, led by Rebecca A. Sparkman ...

The financing from the World Bank is critical at a time when the government has found itself under mounting fiscal pressures demonstrated by missed revenue targets and the lack of a ...

“What Kenya and other IMF patients should do is to first make sure poor people get enough support for subsistence. Don’t touch that. And then try to increase the size of your economy,” he said.

IMF staff and the Kenyan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the second reviews of the 38-month EFF/ECF financed program. Kenya would have access to ...

The IMF approved the disbursement of US$739 million to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility to support the authorities’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic; The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a ...

Kenya will seek a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund, the IMF said Monday, after the current programme winds to a close.

Diversifying funding sources, leaning on Asian lenders, domestic investors and new bond instruments form part of Kenya’s plan to fill financing gaps. Kenya plans to scale back its reliance on ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upwards its earlier global economic forecast by 20 basis points on easing cost of living and relative calmness in global trade after the US paused ...

At the request of the Kenyan authorities, an IMF Technical Assistance mission led by Rebecca A. Sparkman visited Kenya from June 16-30, 2025, to conduct a Governance Diagnostic. This mission followed ...

NAIROBI — The International Monetary Fund considers that Kenya's external position is strong, its representative in Nairobi said on Friday, adding that the Fund would continue to support its ...