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2020 review: On public debt, it’s from the frying pan towards fire
By Kepha Muiruri, 1028, December 31, 2020 (EAT)
In a nutshell, Kenya’s stock of public debt stood at Ksh.1.3 trillion a decade ago, today, this stock has climbed to Ksh.7.1 trillion as of Septembe...

2020 Year in Review , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treasury , Public debt
Foreign investors turn net sellers in October as NSE struggles for lift
By Kepha Muiruri, 1520, November 3, 2020 (EAT)
Foreign investors in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) turned net sellers in October ending a two-month cooldown which saw the investors buy into ...

bear market , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
Treasury seeks Ksh.50 billion from the local debt market in October
By Kepha Muiruri, 1323, September 30, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury will be seeking to raise Ksh.50 billion from the domestic debt market next month with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) re-opening...

CBK , domestic borrowing , National Treasury
COVID-19 sets the stage for accelerated bank mergers and acquisitions
By Kepha Muiruri, 1403, September 15, 2020 (EAT)
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to trigger a new run of mergers and acquisitions (M&As’) as Kenya’s banking industry shifts under the weight...

banking in Kenya , Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , COVID-19 , mergers and acquisitions
Eyes on new-loans growth as CBK stages rate meeting
By Kepha Muiruri, 1505, June 24, 2020 (EAT)
The focus of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is expected to be on the growth of loans to Kenyans when it hosts its policy setting meeting on Thursday....

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , government borrowing , private sector credit
CBK urged to relax rules to banks on loan defaults
By Kepha Muiruri, 1134, June 16, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been urged to relax loan-loss provisioning rules to commercial banks as loan defaults pick up. Analysts at Cyto...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Cytonn Investment , Dr. Patrick Njoroge
Yatani’s normal budget in abnormal circumstances
By Kepha Muiruri, 916, June 12, 2020 (EAT)
Drawing from a popular anecdote by Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, experts have termed the 2020/21 budget statement as normal in abnormal circu...

2020/2021 budget , CS Ukur Yatani
Coronavirus pandemic deepens Kenya’s debt wound
By Kepha Muiruri, 1204, May 14, 2020 (EAT)
The Covid-19 pandemic has added salt to Kenya’s long existing debt wound pushing the country closer to the edge of the cliff. This is as the glob...

coronavirus , debt , Ukur Yatani
CBK expected to cut base lending rate amidst uncertainty on policy results
By Kepha Muiruri, 1555, April 27, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is largely expected to cut its base lending rate further when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Wednesday. ...

Central Bank of Kenya , Covid-19 pandemic , mpc
Treasury raises Ksh.39 billion from April’s Infrastructure bond
By Kepha Muiruri, 2133, April 9, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has raised Ksh.39 billion from its infrastructure bond sale conducted over the past week. The nine-year amortized bond attrac...

CBK , domestic borrowing , National Treasury
NSE listed firms lose 21 percent of value in three months
By Kepha Muiruri, 2025, April 8, 2020 (EAT)
Companies listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) lost 21 percent of their values in the first three months of the year as the domestic equiti...

coronavirus crisis , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
Shilling drops to lowest level in five months over coronavirus fears
By Kepha Muiruri, 2102, March 17, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya shilling touched a five-month low in its trading against the US dollar on Tuesday as concerns on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak cont...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , coronavirus , shilling
Global concerns including Coronavirus wipe out Ksh.91B from NSE in two days
By Kepha Muiruri, 2014, February 26, 2020 (EAT)
Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have seen the wiping out of an excess of Ksh.91 billion in just two days as participants registered...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) , NSE 20
Standard Chartered recommends further CBR cuts to spur growth
By Kepha Muiruri, 2037, January 29, 2020 (EAT)
The Standard Chartered bank has recommended further cuts to the Central Bank Rate (CBR) to sustain momentum in Kenya’s economic recovery path in 202...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Central Bank Rate (CBR) , Standard Chartered
Banks share prices set for correction
By Kepha Muiruri, 1240, January 22, 2020 (EAT)
Listed commercial banks share prices are set to re-adjust downwards in the near term as the market absorbs shocks emanating from observed investor ove...

banks , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
CBK cuts base lending rate to 8.5%
By Kepha Muiruri, 1102, November 26, 2019 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has cut its base lending rate to 8.5 percent from 9 percent, marking the first adjustment to the Central Bank Rate (CB...

CBK , Central Bank Rate (CBR) , mpc
All eyes on CBK on review of Kenya economy base lending rate
By Kepha Muiruri, 839, November 22, 2019 (EAT)
All eyes will be on the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) as it offers guidance on the direction of interest rates in the market. The CBK has been relati...

CBK , CBR
Royal Media Services among top 100 best companies to work for in Kenya
By Ian Omondi, 2158, October 22, 2019 (EAT)
Royal Media Services (RMS) is one of the best companies to work for in Kenya, according to a new report released on Wednesday by Brighter Monday. T...

brighter monday , Royal Media Services , Safaricom
Where is the illicit cash? Queries persist on the demonetization success
By Kepha Muiruri, 2112, September 25, 2019 (EAT)
Revelations by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on the collected sums of the old generation Ksh.1000 notes have served to raise more questions than ans...

CBK , demonetization , new notes
CBK out to close sale of treasury bonds worth Ksh.50 billion
By Kepha Muiruri, 1906, September 16, 2019 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is expected to close out its sale of Ksh.50 billion worth of treasury bonds on Tuesday. While the previous tapping ...

CBK , Kenya Shilling , treasury bonds