Kenya retains key interest rate at 10pc

The Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) decided to retain its key policy rate at 10 per cent for the fourth time in a row despite concerns over surging inflation and a slowdown in private sector credit growth.

On Monday, the CBK’s Monetary Policy Committee kept the central bank rate (CBR) unchanged since the government enactment of the law capping lending rates at four  percentage points above the  benchmark rate.