Kenya banks: average lending rate
14.40%
up +6 bpsvs Aug 2026
As of Sept 2026 · Source: Central Bank of Kenya
Kenya 364-day Treasury bill
9.03%
unchanged unchangedvs 26 Oct auction
As of 2 Nov 2026 · Source: Central Bank of Kenya
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- Kenya banks: average lending rate
- Kenya 364-day Treasury bill
Kenya banks: average lending rate against Kenya 364-day Treasury bill, each from its own stored history. Both are in % a year, so they share one axis. Share this page and the same pair opens.
Latest gap: +5.37 percentage points (Bank lending rate 14.40% on Sept 2026 minus 364-day bill 9.03% on 2 Nov 2026)
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Newest first; a dash where one series has no print that day.
| Date | Bank lending rate | 364-day bill |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2026 | — | 9.029% |
| 26 Oct 2026 | — | 9.027% |
| 19 Oct 2026 | — | 9.038% |
| 12 Oct 2026 | — | 9.035% |
| 5 Oct 2026 | — | 9.040% |
| 28 Sept 2026 | — | 9.043% |
| 21 Sept 2026 | — | 9.057% |
| 14 Sept 2026 | — | 9.066% |
| 7 Sept 2026 | — | 9.074% |
| 1 Sept 2026 | 14.40% | — |
| 31 Aug 2026 | — | 9.032% |
| 24 Aug 2026 | — | 9.036% |
| 17 Aug 2026 | — | 9.037% |
| 10 Aug 2026 | — | 9.004% |
| 3 Aug 2026 | — | 9.017% |
| 1 Aug 2026 | 14.34% | — |
Sources: Kenya banks: average lending rate, Central Bank of Kenya (weighted average lending rate across commercial banks); Kenya 364-day Treasury bill, Central Bank of Kenya (weighted average rate of accepted bids). Each line shows only the prints Afronomics has stored; a series with fewer than three in the window is drawn as points. Information, not advice.