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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
MPs take hard line stand as interest rate capping debate returns
By Kepha Muiruri, 1946, September 11, 2019 (EAT)
Members of Parliament have turned a deaf ear to the proposed repeal of interest rate caps on commercial bank lending. While banks have recently joi...

interest rate caps , KBA , private sector credit
Loose cash flows wipe off Shilling recent gains
By Kepha Muiruri, 1215, September 7, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenyan shilling closed at Ksh.103.85 against the US dollar in the week to September 6 to edge back closer to a five average low 104.30 reached at ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , demonetization , Kenya Shilling
Kenyans lose millions as Suraya housing project collapses
By Raquel Muigai, 1630, May 24, 2019 (EAT)
A number of Kenyans have found themselves counting losses in millions of shillings after the Suraya projects failed. This despite the off-plan inve...

suraya , Wairimu Thimba
Controversy of overvalued shilling: Why Central Banks intervene globally
By Kepha Muiruri, 814, May 14, 2019 (EAT)
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) report has ignited the debate on the true value of the Kenyan shilling. This after another study by Amana Capi...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , IMF , Kenya Shilling
Firms forecast to cut more jobs as rate-caps persist
By Kepha Muiruri, 1108, February 21, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan firms are expected to lay-off more employees in the New Year, this as most of the companies remain focused on a cost consolidation path to weat...

Cytonn Investments , Elizabeth Irungu , ICEA Lion Asset Management , Judd Murigi
Nairobi office oversupply sees yields drop
By Kepha Muiruri, 1443, March 12, 2018 (EAT)
Oversupply of office spaces in most parts of Nairobi is expected to divert investments into the commercial office market as demand for office spaces w...

commercial property , Cytonn , development , Kilimani , occupancy , office , Patricia Wanjama , rental yields , Upperhill , Westlands