Currency History Early Currencies, Trade and Exchange Before the onset of the modern day currency, Kenya’s communities traded and exchanged goods and services, one to another or using intermediaries that had been accepted for trade. Various items have surfaced from...
Bank History The Central Bank of Kenya was established by an Act of Parliament of March 24, 1966 and opened its doors to the public on September 14, 1966. The Bank is now anchored in the Constitution under Article 231. The mandate of the Bank is to formulate and...
Research Books Books posted here relate to those edited by our researchers and are of public policy relevance. Kenya: Policies for Prosperity, Edited by Christopher Adam, Paul Collier and Njuguna Ndung’u Journal Articles Journal articles posted here are...
Bank Supervision One of the statutory objects of the Central Bank of Kenya under the Central Bank Act (Cap 491) is the promotion of financial stability through maintenance of a well-functioning banking system. Bank Supervision Overview One of the Central Bank of...
Financial Markets Within its financial markets role, the Central Bank of Kenya implements monetary policy decisions, manages the country’s foreign exchange reserves and manages the government’s domestic debt. Monetary Policy Implementation Central Bank implements...
