(Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that its staff will visit Kenya's capital, Nairobi, from September 25 to October 9 to begin talks with Kenyan authorities about a possible IMF-backed programme.
"At the request of the Kenyan authorities, an IMF staff team will begin initial discussions in the coming days on a possible Fund-supported programme," Haimanot Teferra, the IMF's mission chief, said in a statement.
(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Joe Bavier)
