Ruto spoke to IMF chief after withdrawing Finance Bill
Kenyan President William Ruto spoke by phone with International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in the days after he withdrew $2.7 billion in proposed tax hikes in response to deadly protests, two diplomatic sources told Reuters.
Two diplomatic sources, who sought anonymity, confirmed the phone conversation on a day the President chaired a crisis Cabinet where he instructed the National Treasury to reorganise the budget to accommodate the Sh300 billion budget gap.
