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IMF staff in Kenya for fact-finding mission after protests

Protesters

Protesters march during a demonstration against Finance Bill, 2024 on June 20, 2024, in Kilifi County. 

Photo credit: Wachira Mwangi | Nation Media Group

A team of staff from the International Monetary Fund is visiting Kenya on a fact-finding trip, the IMF said late on Thursday, part of efforts to craft a way forward in the wake of deadly protests that scuppered the government's planned tax hikes.

President William Ruto abandoned this year's finance bill in June, leaving the heavily indebted government with a bigger budget deficit for this financial year, mounting unpaid bills, and a delay in disbursement of IMF funding.