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Kenya pushes China to seal key pact ahead of new financial year

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President William Ruto with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. April 24, 2025. [Courtesy, PCS]

Kenya is pressing its largest bilateral creditor, China, to finalise a crucial financial cooperation agreement by the end of this month, which marks the start of a new financial year.

During high-level bilateral talks in the southern Chinese city of Changsha with Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi, Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs Musalia Mudavadi emphasised the importance of concluding negotiations on the financial cooperation agreement by the end of this month.

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