Market participants said the bond paid an interest rate of 13 per cent.
Financial services company British American (Britam) raised 6 billion shillings ($68.4 million) through a corporate bond issue, doubling its initial target. The firm runs insurance, asset management and property development businesses, with operations in neighbouring Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan.
Market participants said the bond paid an interest rate of 13 per cent although the company did not include those details in a statement seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Investors offered bids worth 7.4 billion shillings, a 147 per cent over the subscription level.
It will use the funds for further expansion in Kenya and in neighbouring countries, an acceleration of property development and to increase investment in private equity, the company said.
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