Ruto May Tap Market to Fund Kenya’s $2 Billion Eurobond Payment

  • Ruto says the government plans to buy back part of the debt
  • Debt sale would follow Ivory Coast’s debt offering this month

Giorgia Meloni, left, welcomes William Ruto at the Italy Africa summit in Rome, on Jan. 29.

Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
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Kenya is considering tapping capital markets to help fund the repayment of a $2 billion eurobond that falls due in June, President William Ruto said.

The East African nation is also considering buying back a portion of the debt, with the amount yet to be determined, Ruto said in an interview in Rome, where he attended the Italy-Africa summit on Monday.