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Former Treasury technocrat Kamau Thugge's rehabilitation looks complete after President William Ruto nominated him to replace the retiring Patrick Njoroge as governor of Kenya's central bank...
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Vol 63 No 20 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
Tensions between new Vice-President Rigathi Gachagua and central bank governor Patrick Njoroge could complicate matters...
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Vol 63 No 12 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
But Kenya's central bank governor Patrick Njoroge insists that the supply of US dollars in the market (some US$2 billion a month) was way above local demand so that should not deter companies from importing the necessary raw materials...
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A more surprising feature in the battle over statistics is the steadfast attack on the integrity of the KNBS by the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya Patrick Ngugi Njoroge...
In September 2016 he approved the capping of interest rates 'to help low income borrowers' against advice from the government's top economists – Central Bank governor Patrick Njoroge Henry Rotich Kamau Thugge and Geoffrey Mwau...
Both consider Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and his top associates Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge Economic Secretary Geoffrey Mwau and Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge – all whom have worked for the Fund at some point – as parties in an IMF conspiracy which aims to hit the poor with austerity measures cuts in public projects and handouts and market-determined interest rates (AC Vol 59 No 14 Hanging on a handshake)...
Central Bank governor Patrick Njoroge attending the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington DC said the government might have to revise downwards its projections for 5...
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Top economists who argued against the measure included CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge Finance Minister Henry Rotich Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge and Paul Murithi Muthaura of the Capital Markets Authority supported by the Kenya Bankers' Association (KBA) and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)...
Although the Kenya shilling has strengthened in the past few weeks and Central Bank Governor Patrick Ngugi Njoroge has been stepping up surveillance and regulation of the banking sector investors were rattled by the placing of Nairobi-based Imperial Bank in administration last month...