Fitch downgrades Kenya’s credit status

The Central Bank of Kenya

The Central Bank of Kenya. PHOTO | FILE \ NMG

Global rating agency Fitch has revised Kenya’s credit status to negative over the deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, implying that taxpayers will pay more for loans procured by the government from the international financial markets.

The agency, in a statement on Thursday, announced that it had revised the outlook on Kenya’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) to negative from stable, and affirmed the IDR at ‘B’.