Kamau Thugge: Adept economist must deal with high-voltage politics to deliver in CBK role

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Kamau Thugge has been nominated as the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor. ILLUSTRATION | JOSEPH BARASA | NMG

There is a section of the Kenyan public for whom the term ‘Eurobond’ sits well with such scandal-evoking names such as ‘Goldenberg’ and ‘Anglo Leasing’.

Kamau Thugge, who has been nominated as the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor — who initiated Kenya into the international bond market and was stained by it in the process — would not be amused.

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