KQ to receive another Sh35bn State bailout

KENYA AIRWAYS

The government will stop Kenya Airways (KQ) bailouts from next year as it moves to cut off the national carrier from exchequer support. FILE PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG

Kenya Airways will get an additional State bailout of Sh34.9 billion to help the cash-strapped national carrier repay debts including to aircraft lessors, the Treasury has revealed.

In a letter to International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva-Kinova Treasury Cabinet secretary Njuguna Ndung’u said the financial support is contained in the supplementary budget that will be tabled at the National Assembly before the end of January.

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