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TransCentury secures six-month extension to repay Sh4 billion debt

Industry and Enterprise Development Principal Secretary Julius Korir (centre), is shown finished electrical cable rolls by East African Cables Technical Manager David Mwangi (right). With them is the firm’s chairman Zephania Mbugua. The cable firm is one of the flagship investments of TransCentury. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD]

Investment firm TransCentury has secured a six-month extension to pay off a Sh4 billion debt that it owes its bond-holders.

The extension is part of a ‘sweetheart deal’ that will also see the bondholders receive only half of their money as full settlement of their bond.

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