Here’s why bank stocks rally may not last for long

Shareholders with a local listed bank follow proceedings during an investor briefing at a Nairobi hotel. PHOTO | Diana Ngila

Commercial banks first quarter results showed that the bloodbath, which began in the last quarter of 2016, continued.

Year-on-year, banks’ interest income from loans and advances, the main line item impacted by the Banking (Amendment) Act, 2016 declined by a whopping Sh15 billion (or whole 20 per cent).

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.