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Alarm lapse in IMF facility could hand State blank cheque to borrow

The logo of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the organization's headquarters in Washington.

With Kenya losing access to the Sh100 billion precautionary loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), experts fear this could open the floodgates to a new wave of extravagant State spending. 

With the end of the $989 million (Sh99 billion) stand-by credit facility, IMF will now remain around in an advisory capacity with no real power to dictate terms on government spending or borrowing.

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