February bond to pay 13pc interest rate

The Central bank of Kenya, Nairobi on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

Investors in the February infrastructure bond (IFB) will be paid an average tax-free interest of 12.965 percent on the paper, making it the most lucrative security the government has issued in recent years.

Results of the bond offer published by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Wednesday shows that investors offered the government Sh132.26 billion on the 19-year paper that had targeted Sh75 billion.

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