Taming the beast that is Kenya’s mounting real estate debt

Kenya’s real estate woes deepen as bad loans surge, exposing the urgent need for smarter risk management in the banking sector.

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The relentless pages of auction notices in the Kenyan newspapers are more than just classifieds; they are the stark, public symptom of a sickness within the country’s real estate and banking sectors.

This visible distress is quantified by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), which reports that a staggering 26.5 percent of all non-performing loans (NPLs) are directly attributable to real estate and construction sectors.

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