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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Talks between Kenya and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new lending program are at a stalemate, the country’s finance minister said Monday.<\/p>\n

John Mbadi told a news briefing that the disagreement was over the classification of debt. According to Mbadi, the international lender wants securitized loans to fund infrastructure projects classified as sovereign debt. Nairobi objects.<\/p>\n

Mbadi said that further talks will be held to reach an agreement without specifying when. Nairobi has sought a new bailout from the IMF after the expiration of the previous $3.6 billion deal in April.<\/p>\n

Kenya hopes to raise $1.3 billion from a bond issuance later this month. In October, the country managed to reprofile its $5bn loan acquired from China to build a modern railway to Yuan, there by saving the Treasury millions in interest payments.<\/p>\n

Of Kenya\u2019s $40.5 billion in external debt at the end of March, it owed $14.4 billion to the World Bank, $7.52 billion to eurobond investors and almost $5.04 billion to China, according to Treasury data.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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