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After Trump rebuke, IMF now says Ruto's corruption audit must advance before new Kenya bailout

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva at IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2026. [AFP]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the Government it cannot move forward with negotiations for a new financial programme until the President William Ruto administration responds to a long-delayed corruption diagnostic report.

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