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The Central Bank of Kenya staff successfully hiked Mount Kilimanjaro on June 4-11, 2017, to raise funds in support of St. Kizito’s School for the Deaf, Litein.
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) celebrated its 50 years of existence and service to the nation of Kenya in September 2016. These celebrations entailed the CBK’s involvement in a number of activities.
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Invitation for Comments on the Draft Central Bank of Kenya (Mortgage Refinance Companies) Regulations, 2019
The Finance Act, 2018 amended the Central Bank of Kenya Act (CBK Act) to provide the legal framework for the licensing and regulation of the mortgage refinance business and to bring the operations of Mortgage Refinance Companies (MRCs) within the regulatory and...
read moreMonetary Policy Committee Market Perception Survey January 2019
The Central Bank of Kenya has released the report of the Market Perceptions Survey of January 2019. The survey is conducted every two months, prior to every Monetary Policy Committee meeting, to obtain the expectations of banks and non-bank private sector firms on...
read moreNext Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Meeting
The next meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019.
read moreMPC retains CBR at 9.00 percent
The Monetary Policy Committee retained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 9.00 percent at its January 28, 2019 meeting. Read...
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