Introduction
The Central Bank of Kenya issues banking circulars from time to time. Banking Circulars convey information on policy announcements / changes affecting the commercial banking sector to users in the Banking Industry, both commercial and public. These circulars are issued through the Director Banking Services Department.

• Banking Circular 10 - Adjustment of the Central Bank Rate
• Banking Circular 9 - Guidelines on the Management of Liquidity through the CBK Discount Window and Cash Reserve Ratio
• Banking Circular 8 - Guidelines on the Use of the Central Bank of Kenya Discount (Overnight) Window
• Banking Circular 7 - The Central Bank Rate and Cash Reserve Ratio
• Banking Circular 6 - Guidelines on the use of CBK Discount
• Banking Circular 5 - Further Tightening of Monetary Policy Stance Via Active Liquidity Management to Rein in Inflationary Expectations
• Banking Circular 4- Revision of the Cash Reserver Requirement and the Central Bank Rate
• Banking Circular 3- Implementation of East African Cross-Border Payment System
• Banking Circular 2- Review of the Central Bank Rate
• Banking Circular 1- Review of the Central Bank Rate

 

BANKING CIRCULARS 2010

• Banking Circular 3- Rollout of Credit Information Sharing
• Banking Circular 2- Guideline on Agent Banking
• Banking Circular 1- Review of Central Bank Rate



BANKING CIRCULARS 2009



• Banking Circular 11- Disclosure of Deposits to Deposit Protection Fund Board
• Banking Circular 9- Review of CBR Rate
• Banking Circular 8- Payments for Government Securities through KEPSS
• Banking Circular 7 - Adjustment of Central Bank Rate (CBR) and Cash Reserve Ration (CRR)
• Banking Circular 6 - Improvement of Currency operations
• Banking Circular 5 - KEPSS rules & procedures – KEPSS operating schedule
• Banking Circular 4 - Revision of CBR and Tenors for repo/reverse repo, late repo and term auction deposit facility
• Banking Circular 3 - Interbank (“Horizontal”) Master Repurchase Agreement (MRA)
• Banking Circular 2 - Adjustment of the Central Bank Rate (CBR)
• Banking Circular 1 - Confirmation of secondary trading transactions for government securities




BANKING CIRCULARS 2008

• Banking Circular 9 - Revision of the rediscount rates methodology for government securities
• Banking Circular 8 - Reduction of the threshold for investments in Treasury Bills in the primary market
• Banking Circular 7 - Revision of the CRR and the CBR
• Banking Circular 6 - Introduction of the Interbank (“Horizontal”) Master Repurchase Agreement (MRA)
• Banking Circular 5 - Revision of Central Bank Rate (CBR)
• Banking Circular 4 revised - Amendment: Revised guidelines for currency transactions
• Banking Circular 4 - Revised guidelines for currency transactions
• Banking Circular 3 - Term Auction Deposit
• Banking Circular 2 - End of the test period for the new CBK BS(M) return
• Banking Circular 1 - Prudential Guidelines on Business Continuity Management (BCM)