Kenyan interest rates held, but will rise within 12 months

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 8.50% today, but we think that currency weakness and the return of inflationary pressures will prompt the bank to raise its key rate by early 2016.


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