Spotlight Kenya
Why Kenya Failed the IMF Review for $850 Million in 2025 but Qualified for $3.6 Billion — An Insider's Perspective
A running investigation into Kenya's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, the politics behind the Finance Bill reversal, Eurobond rollover risk, KRA digitization, and the reform agenda that took Nairobi from a failed $850 million review to a new $3.6 billion successor program.
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Spotlight Kenya is a Global Agenda International investigation into the political and economic forces shaping Nairobi's relationship with multilateral lenders, the politics of taxation, and East Africa's largest sovereign-debt story.