Nairobi, Dec. 10 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set a new staff visit to Kenya in January as the multilateral lender extends discussions on a new funded programme with the country.

The new mission comes on the heels of a meeting between President William Ruto and IMF Director General Kristalina Georgieva in Washington DC last week.

The fresh visit keeps alive the chance of a new programme from the fund, despite various sticky points including a disagreement over the treatment of securitized government revenue as debt.

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Kenyan authorities have also differed on the need for a fresh IMF programme as the country pushes to establish itself as an upper-middle income e...