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COVID-19: Banks expected to further slash shareholder pay
By Kepha Muiruri, 1419, August 12, 2020 (EAT)
Commercial banks are expected to slash their payment to shareholders further as earnings take a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. Registering negativ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , KBA , loans
Kenyan diaspora defies Covid-19 to keep dollars flowing
By Kepha Muiruri, 1644, August 1, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenyan diaspora has defied hardships arising from the Covid-19 pandemic to keep dollars flowing into the country. The flows termed as diaspora ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , COVID-19 , diaspora remittances
How government milked price controls to slap Kenyans with high fuel costs
By Kepha Muiruri, 1719, July 15, 2020 (EAT)
In 2011, the government moved to enforce price controls by effecting maximum pump prices through the then Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). The e...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , fuel costs , National Treasury , taxes
Covid-19: Ailing economy forces Uhuru’s hand in re-opening country
By Kepha Muiruri, 1753, July 6, 2020 (EAT)
Caught between a rock and a hard place in reviewing existing COVID-19 mitigation measures, President Uhuru Kenya inclined on easing the pressure place...

COVID-19 , Kenya's economy , President Uhuru Kenyatta
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
Safaricom’s M-Pesa tipped to withstand disruption from WhatsApp Pay – analysts
By Kepha Muiruri, 1004, June 18, 2020 (EAT)
Safaricom’s mobile money service M-Pesa has been tipped to weather the disruptive storm from the recently launched Facebook Inc. owned-WhatsApp Pay ...

Genghis Capital , M-pesa , Safaricom , WhatsApp Pay
Budget day: Yatani’s budget of pain
By Kepha Muiruri, 920, June 11, 2020 (EAT)
In just a few hours, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani is expected to walk down the steps of the planning ministry to head into the National Asse...

2020/2021 budget , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treaasury
Genghis enters online FX dealings in collaboration with EGM Securities
By Kepha Muiruri, 1539, June 8, 2020 (EAT)
Investment bank Genghis Capital will now deal in a wider range of alternative asset classes including online currencies in a new partnership with EGM ...

EGM Securities , Genghis Capital
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 faces uphill task to raise Ksh.759 billion in three months
By Kepha Muiruri, 1109, April 18, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury is facing an uphill task to raise Ksh.759.1 billion in three months to the end of the fiscal year in June under hardships brough...

2019/20 budget , National Treasury , Ukur Yatani
Kenyan economy braces for impact after first coronavirus case
By Kepha Muiruri, 1009, March 14, 2020 (EAT)
The local economy is bracing for an unprecedented impact with the first case of the novel coronavirus that was reported on Friday. Economic risks h...

CBK , coronavirus
Genghis Capital ventures into retirement benefits business
By Kepha Muiruri, 2041, March 10, 2020 (EAT)
Local investment bank Genghis Capital has ventured into the retirement benefits industry with the launch of two products motivated by the low pension�...

CMA , Genghis Capital , RBA
CBK to buy 400 million dollars from banks amid global volatility fears
By Kepha Muiruri, 1939, March 3, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has expressed its intent of growing its usable foreign currency reserves above normal levels by buying US dollars from...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , foreign currency reserves , shilling
Equity, NCBA banks tipped to increase shareholder pay outs
By Kepha Muiruri, 1939, February 18, 2020 (EAT)
Equity and NCBA banks are tipped to be the only listed banks to increase their pay out to shareholders as banks commence issuing their full year earni...

Equity Group , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) , NCBA
Despite tough talk, Gov’t yet to deliver on planned austerity measures
By Kepha Muiruri, 2022, February 13, 2020 (EAT)
Despite talking tough on implementing far reaching budget cuts, the government has found it tough going to sustain the austerity walk as doubts on fis...

austerity , fiscal consolidation , National Treasury
CBK expected to hold its base lending rate
By Kepha Muiruri, 2052, January 23, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is expected by large to hold its base lending rate at 8.5 percent in observation of the translation of its last policy...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Central Bank Rate (CBR)
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)
Shilling could weaken if Treasury dumps external commercial loans – Report
By Kepha Muiruri, 2007, January 21, 2020 (EAT)
Analysts at Genghis Capital have raised fresh concerns on the volatility of the shilling should the National Treasury’s plan to stop taking up exter...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Genghis Capital , shilling
2019 Review: Treasury gets free pass on new borrowing
By Kepha Muiruri, 1131, December 29, 2019 (EAT)
In a complete mirror opposite to his predecessor, Acting National Treasury CS Ukur Yatani threw in the towel on Kenya’s debt sustainability claims. ...

CS Ukur Yatani , Kenya's debt , National Treasury , PFM Act