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Cash-strapped Treasury now faces highest domestic debt servicing costs
By Kepha Muiruri, 1833, January 15, 2021 (EAT)
A cash-strapped National Treasury is now facing its highest domestic debt servicing costs in the 2020/21 financial year. The exchequer is expected ...

domestic borrowing , National Treasury
World Bank sees strong growth for Kenya in 2021
By Kepha Muiruri, 1620, January 7, 2021 (EAT)
The World Bank Group expects Kenya to lead the Sub-Saharan region out of the economic shackles of 2020 in the New Year. In its early predictions fo...

debt , Kenya's GDP , World Bank Group
Treasury eyes Ksh.75 billion from the local debt market in January
By Kepha Muiruri, 1242, December 23, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has set its sights on tapping Ksh.75 billion from the local debt market in January 2021. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) whic...

domestic borrowing , National Treasury
Treasury seeks redemption in December secondary bond sale, targets Ksh.22B
By Kepha Muiruri, 1404, December 15, 2020 (EAT)
Treasury has sought to save face through a secondary December bond offer following disappointing uptake of a primary bond offer earlier this month. ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , domestic borrowing , National Treasury
Treasury collects a lower Ksh.18.3B from December bond sale
By Kepha Muiruri, 1450, December 10, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has closed the 2020 local borrowing program on a low, tapping Ksh.18.3 from the domestic debt market. This in comparison to t...

domestic borrowing , National Treasury
Treasury eyes Ksh.40 billion from local borrowing in December
By Kepha Muiruri, 1857, December 1, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has set Ksh.40 billion as its local borrowing target during the month of December. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) which exec...

CBK , National Treasury
Treasury to favour Euro-denominated loans
By Kepha Muiruri, 1854, December 1, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury says it will now favour taking out Euro-denominated loans over credit extended in US dollar terms as it seeks to minimize Kenya�...

CS Ukur Yatani , Kenya's debt , National Treasury
National Treasury raises Ksh.53.7B from local borrowing in November
By Kepha Muiruri, 1507, November 19, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has raised Ksh.53.7 billion from the local market in November’s primary bond sale completed on Tuesday. The pair of bonds w...

local borrowing , National Treasury
Treasury raises Ksh.60 billion from October’s bond sale as investors troop back
By Kepha Muiruri, 1038, October 15, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury raised a total of Ksh.60 billion from October’s bond sale, representing another easy scoop of funds from the local debt market...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , local borrowing , National Treasury
Kenya’s debt races past Ksh.7 trillion
By Kepha Muiruri, 1537, October 12, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s stock of debt zoomed past the Ksh.7 trillion mark in August wounding up at Ksh.7.1 trillion from a flat Ksh.6 trillion at the start of 2020....

debt crisis , National Treasury
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
Treasury raises Ksh.64b from local borrowing in September
By Kepha Muiruri, 1059, September 17, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has raised Ksh.64.2 billion from local borrowing in September as it continues to profit from the high investor appetite for gove...

domestic borrowing , National Treasury
Treasury raises Ksh.120 billion from local borrowing in August
By Kepha Muiruri, 1519, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury continued to enjoy the abundance of liquidity in the market as it rounded off the mobilisation of Ksh.119.6 billion from the dom...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , domestic borrowing , National Treasury
CDSC pilots the lending and borrowing of shares
By Kepha Muiruri, 1139, August 6, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC) has begun piloting the lending and borrowing of shares in a move to boost investor activity. ...

Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC) , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
Gov’t to set annual debt limit to tame runaway borrowing
By Kepha Muiruri, 1608, July 27, 2020 (EAT)
The government is expected to set an annual debt limit through its fiscal monitoring agencies and Parliament to contain outlandish borrowing. The n...

debt , National Treasury , Public Debt Management Office (PDMO)
CBK steps up shilling mop-ups to rein in depreciation
By Kepha Muiruri, 1704, July 18, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has registered a step-up in the mopping of the shilling from the market in a week that saw the unit touch a new low of...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Kenya Shilling
KRA’s annual tax collections Ksh.354 billion off original target
By Kepha Muiruri, 1030, July 18, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) tax collections for the year ended June 30 were Ksh.354.1 billion off their original target as the tax man again missed ...

COVID-19 , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , National Treasury
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
Treasury ends annual local borrowing program on a high, raises Ksh.49 billion
By Kepha Muiruri, 1055, June 18, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has closed its local borrowing program for the year ending June 30 on a high, raising Ksh.49.3 billion against a target of Ksh.4...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , domestic borrowing , National Treasury
Treasury overshoots revenue targets to fund Ksh.2.7 trillion budget
By Kepha Muiruri, 1540, June 8, 2020 (EAT)
The National Treasury has once again overestimated the domestic revenue targets for the financial year commencing July 1, 2020. According to the Bu...

2020/2021 budget , Covid-19 pandemic , National Treasury