Finance

Stability Over Stimulus: CBK Chooses Caution Over Cuts

Just as markets anticipated another rate cut, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) hit pause. In its April 2026 review, the CBK held the benchmark Central Bank Rate at 8.75 per cent, effectively halting a nearly two-year easing cycle that had steadily lowered borrowing costs. The decision reflects growing caution as global uncertainty intensifies, particularly amid the U.S.-Israel […]...

10 Apr 2026

The Budget-Making Cycle: Taking Stock in the Run-up to the Finance Bill, 2026

By the time the Finance Bill reaches Parliament, the most important decisions have already been made. And often, public debate begins when tax proposals are tabled. In reality, Kenya’s fiscal dire...

19 Mar 2026

OECD Competition Law Review: Policy Signals Change Shift for Businesses

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that brings together governments to promote policies that support economic growth, fair markets, and ...

19 Mar 2026

INTERPOL Fraud Threat Report Signals a New Era of Global Financial Crime

The release of INTERPOL’s latest global threat assessment offers a sobering reminder that financial fraud is no longer a peripheral criminal activity. The second edition of the Global Financia...

13 Mar 2026

Reinventing Infrastructure Finance: Inside Kenya’s National Infrastructure Fund

With the recent passage of the National Infrastructure Fund Bill, 2025, by the National Assembly, Kenya is entering a new chapter in its approach to financing large-scale infrastructure. This is an im...

6 Feb 2026

Analysis of the Government-Owned Enterprises Act, 2025

The government has been conducting a myriad of governance reforms, including reforms in State Corporations (SCs). In October 2023, the National Treasury released the Ownership Policy of Government-Own...

16 Jan 2026

Kenya’s Financial Services Sector in 2026: Policy, Power, and the Battle for Trust

In 2026, Kenya’s financial services sector is no longer merely evolving but is poised for deliberate and far-reaching re-engineering. The system that earned global acclaim for leapfrogging tradition...

16 Jan 2026

Financing Kenya’s Infrastructure: Lessons from Public Input on the Safaricom Partial Divestiture

The call for change, boldness, and innovation featured prominently in President William Ruto’s State of the Nation Address on November 20, 2025, centred around four national priorities: transport an...

19 Dec 2025

The 2025 Policy Year in Review

Introduction The year 2025 was characterised by heightened policy activity in Kenya amid persistent economic strain, accelerating digitalisation, and growing public scrutiny of how regulatory power ...

19 Dec 2025

Policy Outlook 2026: Key Issues to Monitor

Introduction As the world heads into an AI-driven 2026, there are several critical things to watch for, both risks and missed opportunities. China is pushing ahead with chip-making after elim...

12 Dec 2025

Supreme Court Reprieve in Digital Payments: Analysing Implications of Decision in Absa Bank Kenya vs. Commissioner for Domestic Taxes

Kenya has established itself as one of Africa’s most sophisticated digital financial ecosystems, earning Nairobi the moniker “Silicon Savannah”. Over the past decade, high mobile penetration, a ...

5 Dec 2025

Fortune Favours the Bold: Kenya’s Strategic Turn in Fiscal Governance

There are moments in a nation’s economic journey when circumstance ceases to be negotiable, when the only way forward is through reinvention. Kenya stands precisely at such a juncture. The country�...

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