CBK licence hitch hits Sh35bn cheap State-backed mortgage

Construction site for affordable housing programme in Ngara on Kinshasa Road in Nairobi on May 28. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG

A licence hitch has delayed the take-off of State-backed firm that was meant to boost the access to cheaper mortgage through making it easier for banks to access long-term finance for home loans.

Sources at the Treasury say the Central Bank of Kenya is yet to offer Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Company (KMRC) a licence, more than two months after President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the firm.

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