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The Standard Group PLC The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and international interest.
  • Standard Group Plc HQ Office,
  • The Standard Group Center,Mombasa Road.
  • P.O Box 30080-00100,Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Telephone number: 0203222111, 0719012111
  • Email: corporate@standardmedia.co.ke

How CRB works

Information collected by the CRBs is crucial to banks, microfinance institutions and Saccos. [iStockphoto]

You have probably heard that if you default on a loan, "utawekwa CRB," to mean that you will be blacklisted at the Credit Reference Bureau, the full for CRB.

You might have also heard from President William Ruto, during the Presidential Debate on July 26, that 15 million Kenyans are blacklisted on CRB. True? No.

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