EXHIBIT 99.2
                                KMART CORPORATION
                  SARBANES-OXLEY ACT SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

         In connection with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Kmart
Corporation for the period ended July 31, 2002, I, Albert A. Koch, Chief
Financial Officer of Kmart Corporation, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
1350, as adopted pursuant to 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the
best of my knowledge:

         1. this Form 10-Q for the period ended July 31, 2002 fully complies
with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934; and

         2. the information contained in this Form 10-Q for the period ended
July 31, 2002 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of Kmart Corporation.


         Date:   September 16, 2002


/s/ Albert A. Koch
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Albert A. Koch
Chief Financial Officer