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Rate cap gifts State cheap domestic cash

Treasury building decorated for budget day. [FILE, STANDARD]

The Government is the chief beneficiary of the rate cap law and is now borrowing cheaply otherwise without the limit, the market would have charged a premium.

Banks do not have excess money, especially following a monetary policy move by the Central Bank of Kenya to mop up liquidity to guard against currency jitters.

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