State plans Sh146bn KQ bailout, drops takeover

Passengers disembark from Kenya Airways’ maiden flight to Kisumu International Airport on July 15, 2020. PHOTO | ONDARI OGEGA | NMG

The Treasury will offer Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ a further Sh146.9 billion bailout amid delayed recovery from a travel slump following Covid-19 in financial support that will see the State drop the plan to nationalise the airline.

Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani has said the government will take over Sh93.4 billion of national carrier Kenya Airways’ debt owed to multiple suppliers.

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