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Lender banks on Nakumatt debt swap deal in Sh3.6b debt

Jennifer Theuri, Chief Executive of Integrated Payments Services (IPSL) Limited reviews the PesaLink platform with Nasim Devji, Group CEO and Managing Director, Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Kenya Limited during her courtesy call visit to DTB Kenya Limited.

NAIROBI, KENYA: Diamond Trust Bank is banking on Nakumatt’s creditors taking up a debt swap deal offered to them to recoup some of its money from the ailing retailer.

The lender is owed Sh3.6 billion, which is about half of the Sh6.9 billion that Nakumatt owes local banks and more than 10 per cent of the Sh30 billion owed to all creditors, including suppliers.

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