The Standard Group Plc is a
multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper
print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
Workers tarmac a road. The bulk of World Bank cash went to finance infrastructure projects. [PHOTO:STANDARD/FILE]
Kenya is among top-ten borrowers from the World Bank Group (WB) having received about $1.3 billion (about Sh133 billion) in commitments from the bank in fiscal year 2015.
The amount secured from the international lender is the largest in the country’s history with the only other top African borrower listed by the bank’s 2015 annual report being Ethiopia.
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