Carlos F Jaramillo, World Bank country director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda, leaves for new role in Latin America.
What is your greatest accomplishment as World Bank country director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda?
In a country like Kenya, the $1 billion loan is the largest debt facility that the World Bank has ever extended to the government.
Under your leadership the World Bank has maintained that Kenya’s debt level is stable, even as the International Monetary Fund downgraded the country’s debt distress risk profile.
Kenya, like many other African economies, came into the Covid-19 pandemic with high levels of debt.