CBK’s capital push will strengthen the banking system

By

Macharia Kihuro

Development Finance Expert

The banking sector is arguably the pulsating heart of any economy in the globe. When it is pumping sturdily, private credit flows, businesses thrive, and jobs are created. When it wavers, the entire economic system could suffer a cardiac arrest.

This is why the Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) directive instructing a 10-fold increase in core capital, from Sh1 billion to Sh10 billion by 2029, was not a mere regulatory annoyance but a very important operation.