The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) mopped up a cumulative Sh9.18 trillion in liquidity from the banking sector in 2025, underlining efforts to keep the shilling stable amid its dollar purchases in the market and slow growth in private sector lending.
Traders said that the liquidity mop-up through repurchase agreements (repos) came at a time of rising liquidity in commercial banks, whose liquidity ratio rose to 59 percent in October 2025 from 55.8 percent in January 2025, against a regulatory minimum requirement of 20 percent.