China’s debt costs leapfrog creditors for first time in Q1

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Prof Njuguna Ndung’u at a press briefing on November 10, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

Kenya’s bilateral debt repayments to China for the first quarter have surpassed remittances to foreign commercial lenders for the first time, the latest Treasury filings show.

The rising debt obligations to China, Kenya’s largest bilateral creditor by far, signals the burden of increased clearance of principal sums on taxpayers after the grace period Beijing extended to Nairobi lapsed.

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