Nairobi, Aug. 19 -- Reimbursements to Kenya for troops fighting Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia for the last financial year surpassed the target after the European Union (EU) and its partners wired nearly Ksh5.6 billion ($51 million) between April and June.
The Treasury says in the latest exchequer statistics total disbursements topped Ksh8.94 billion ($81.6 million), marginally exceeding revised Ksh8.74 billion ($79.8 million) by 2.37 percent.
The cash released in the final quarter of the financial year to June 2021 was higher than nearly Ksh3.35 billion ($30.6 million) in the prior three quarters through March.
The grants to Kenya in the review period, the highest since the Treasury started making the data public, represent a 92.78 per...