State offers banks Sh6.4 billion for KQ shares drop

Kenya Airways plane pictured at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on April 30, 2024.

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The Treasury will offer banks that own a stake in Kenya Airways (KQ) a compensation of up to $50 million (Sh6.425 billion) should the lenders sell their shares below the principal loan they extended to the troubled airline.

Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi disclosed the payout in a notice to a parliamentary committee giving the breakdown of $225 million that the government guaranteed the consortium of local banks.

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