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CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA

Prof Kinandu Muragu Godfrey Kyama


Executive Director Commonwealth eBanking Advisor
Kenya School of Monetary Studies Kenya School of Monetary Studies
• Background
• Government Role
• Regulation
• National Payment System
• Customer Protection Framework
• Conclusion
• M-Pesa – the word
• Evolution, Revolution and Innovation
• Mobile Money and M-Pesa
– M-Kesho
• Government attitude 
• Kenya Communication Act
• Private sector role
• Impact: Total customers (million)
20.00
18.00
16.00
14.00
12.00
10.00
8.00
6.00
4.00
2.00
0.00

Total customers (million)


• Very innovative outlets

• Financial inclusion
Bank of Africa 1
Barclays Bank of Kenya 64

• Impact:
Commercial Bank of Africa 1
Chase 15
Consolidated 9
Co-operative 83
Eco Bank 12
Equity 22
Family 53
Gulf 10
Housing Finance 7
Imperial 7
KCB 157
KFWT 10
NBK 10
TOTAL 461
• Safe and Efficient
– Amended CBK Act
– National Payments System Bill
– Agent Banking
– Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act
• Impact: Financial Inclusion!
Source: Central Bank of Kenya 2012
Volume of mobile money transactions increasing steadily

Source: Central Bank of Kenya 2012


Source: Central Bank of Kenya 2012
• Consumer and Deposit Protection
• Competition and interoperability
• Consumer protection and innovation
• Consumer protection regulation?
o Rules of the game?
• Consumer rights?
• Consumer protection law
• Rapid and dramatic mobile money
• Kenya is world leader
– Nesting ground for mobile money
• Technology and the poor
– An agent of financial inclusion
• Policy makers + Regulators
– Innovation and market access

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