MPs want forex compensation scheme for embassies revived

 The National Assembly during session at the Parliament Buildings Nairobi on October 8, 2024.

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A parliamentary committee wants the Treasury to reinstate a foreign exchange loss compensation scheme for Kenya’s diplomatic missions abroad to help protect their budgets from the impact of a volatile shilling.

The Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committee said reinstatement of the foreign exchange stabilisation scheme is critical at this time when most diplomatic missions have come under stress amid the shilling’s woes against major currencies, especially in the last two years.

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