FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says Zambia expects to receive the IMF bailout package at the end of this month. And Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary, Development Corporation, Monitoring and Evaluation Danies Chisenda has revealed that in the first half of 2022, Zambia’s external debt stock increased to US$13.25 billion from US$13.04 billion recorded at the end of 2021. Speaking during the mid-year budget and economic performance update, Friday, Dr Musokotwane clarified that to date, Zambia had not received any loan from the IMF, but it was anticipating to receive it towards the end of this month. “I have two engagements this morning, the first one is a keynote speech address which I am basically going to...

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