MPs to give CBK powers to tame predatory digital lenders

kenya parliament, national assembly


Business Daily | by Edwin Mutai


MPs Tuesday committed to enact a law that will compel the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to regulate monthly interest rates charged by digital mobile lenders and borrowers’ non-performing loans in honour of fallen Bonchari MP Oroo Oyioka.

Mr Oyioka had sponsored the Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020 that is before Parliament for debate.

A key aim of the Bill, which seeks to empower the banking regulator to supervise digital lenders for the first time, is to curb the steep digital lending rates…

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