Treasury resists MPs’ directive in KCB buyout of rival NBK

National Bank of Kenya Moi Avenue Branch in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Treasury has backed KCB’s proposed buyout of the cash-strapped National Bank of Kenya (NBK), a day after Parliament directed it to reject the deal.

The National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, in a report tabled Wednesday in the House, had said the takeover deal undervalues NBK and is not in the best interest of workers, taxpayers, NBK staff and minority shareholders.

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