NYC, July 3– When the IMF held its biweekly embargoed press briefing on July 3, Inner City Press was able to ask the Fund's spokesperson Julie Kozack about Kenya:
"On Kenya and the IMF's diagnostic mission, can you provide any initial feedback or read-out, and specifically does the IMF expect the report to be made public? Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has said 'from where I sit, I didn't see what that should not be made public.'"
Ms. Kozack replied that the report will be given to the government by the end of the year, and would be made public (only) on the government's consent. She suggested to stay on it - and Inner City Press will.
Other wire service questions on July 3 included the US "Big Beautiful Bill" and tariffs set to kick in on July 9, including on Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives.
Previously Ms. Kozack's replies included that the timing on Egypt hasn't changed, that a list of countries in governance review will be provided - and it was, here, including Cameroon
More video coming on IMF's website.
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