President William Ruto has signed a new law allowing Kenya’s central bank to provide emergency funding to solvent banks, strengthening financial stability and modernising banking oversight

President Ruto signs the CBK (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2023 into law, boosting banking oversight and pension reforms.

On Monday, President William Ruto signed the Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2026 into law, giving CBK new powers to respond to banking crises.