Four counties hold 55pc of all bank branches in Kenya

GRAPHIC | STANSLAUS MANTHI | NMG

Four counties account for more than half of all the bank branches in Kenya, revealing the concentration of wealth in a few parts of the country.

Data from the Annual Banking Sector Supervision report by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) reveals the four counties — Nairobi, Mombasa, Kiambu and Nakuru — had 819 branches in 2022, out of the 1,475 outlets, which account for 55.5 percent of total bank branches in Kenya.

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