Section 16 - Restrictions on deposit-taking
(1) Subject to this section, no person, other than an institution which holds a valid licence or a duly approved agency conducting banking business on behalf of an institution, shall invite or accept...
Section 18 - Ratio between capital and assets
(1) The Central Bank may prescribe the minimum ratios which shall be maintained by institutions and banking groups as between their core capital and total capital on one hand and their risk-weighted...
Section 19 - Minimum liquid assets
(1) An institution shall maintain such minimum holding of liquid assets as the Central Bank may from time to time determine.
(2) For the purpose of this section, "liquid assets" means all or any of...
Section 20 - Restrictions on dividends
(1) No institution incorporated in Kenya shall pay any dividend on its shares or make any other form of distribution to its shareholders until all its capitalized expenditure (including preliminary...
Section 20A - Financial year
(1) The financial year of every institution shall be the period of twelve months ending on the 31st December in each year.
(2) Where the financial year of an institution is different from that...
Section 21 - Form of accounts
(1) All entries in any books and all accounts kept by an institution shall be recorded and kept in the English language, using the system of numerals employed in Government accounts.
(2) The Central...
Section 22 - Accounts to be exhibited
(1) Every institution shall—
(a) exhibit throughout the year in a conspicuous position in every office and branch in Kenya’ a copy of its last audited financial statements which shall be in...
Section 24 - Appointment of auditors
(1) Subject to subsection (7), every institution shall appoint annually an auditor (within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 486)) and approved by the Central Bank.
(1A) An...
Section 26 - Auditor’s duty of confidence
(1) No duty to which an auditor of an institution may be subject shall be regarded as contravened by reason of his communicating in good faith to the Central Bank, whether or not in response to a...
Section 28 - Furnishing of information
(1) The Central Bank may require any institution and their agencies to furnish to it, at such time and in such manner as it may direct, such information as the Central Bank may reasonably require for...
Section 30 - Time to furnish information
Where the Central Bank or an institution is required to furnish information under this Part, it shall furnish that information and any supplemental material that may be required as a result of that...