To restructure or not: Kenya’s debt dilemma

Kenya's debt is in high distress, having shifted from moderate after breaching key sustainability indicators, including external debt service relative to export income.

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Debt restructuring is an issue very close to the heart of Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the first woman to be elected President of Mauritius.

For her, the push for debt restructuring is one of the ways to achieve Africa’s sovereignty. She contends that the call for restructuring is a call for fairness.