[stop-imf] IMF talks in Kenya over aid

[Robert Weissman]

>From the BBC:

               Monday, 24 January, 2000, 12:45 GMT
               Kenya IMF talks on aid resumption

               A team of IMF officials is in Kenya for talks which the
               government hopes will lead to the resumption of aid.

               Lending was suspended more than two years ago, after reports of
               official corruption.

               The IMF team will meet finance ministry and central bank
officials
               to follow-up on talks held in Washington last year.

               Kenyan officials said the mission would be followed by another
               visit in March, to begin working on the details of a possible new
               loan deal.

               The IMF has already welcomed government attempts to reform the
               civil service and improve accountability.

               From the newsroom of the BBC World Service