{"id":437772,"date":"2011-06-08T05:35:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T05:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/08\/kcb-focuses-on-regional-integration-benefits\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T05:35:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T05:35:41","slug":"kcb-focuses-on-regional-integration-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/kcb-focuses-on-regional-integration-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"KCB Focuses On Regional Integration Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"41.2908366534\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.busiweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East African Business Week<\/a> (Kampala)<\/p>\n<p>Cedric Lumiti<\/p>\n<p>6 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 The East African Common Market Protocol will facilitate the free movement of labour and capital flow to the benefit of investors in the region, a banker has said.<\/p>\n<p>KCB Group Chairman Peter Muthoka said the bank has taken a leading role in the creation of a vibrant and modern financial system that supports the development of people and growth of the business community in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Muthoka was speaking during a Customer Cocktail Party held in Arusha, Tanzania which was attended by members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The availability of KCB shares at the Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange, Uganda Securities Exchange and Rwanda Over-the-Counter Market is a great opportunity for investing citizens of this region,&#8221; said Muthoka.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of KCB Tanzania 13 years ago was a major step towards establishing a financial platform that would support the integration of the East African Community, he said; adding that KCB Group was the first bank in the region to cross-list shares in the various stock markets in East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a vision to be a big player in the financial sector across Africa in future but must start with positioning ourselves as the preferred financial solutions provider in East Africa,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>KCB Tanzania began with one branch in Dar-es-Salaam and has expanded to some key business centres in the country which is a demonstration of the bank&#8217;s commitment to reaching out to more East Africans in all areas, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The bank has grown to become a regional giant with operations in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Southern Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>KCB is the largest bank in the region in terms of branch network and its asset base is valued at over Kshs 191 billion (About US$260million) and has over 200 outlets in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The bank was formed in 1970 aftre aquiring the shares of the National and Grindlays Bank where government had 60% shares.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106080017.html\" title=\"KCB Focuses On Regional Integration Benefits\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KCB Focuses On Regional Integration Benefits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> East African Business Week (Kampala) Cedric Lumiti 6 June 2011 Nairobi \u2014 The East African Common Market Protocol will facilitate the free movement of labour and capital flow to the benefit of investors in the region, a banker has said. KCB Group Chairman Peter Muthoka said the bank has taken a leading role in the creation of a vibrant and modern financial system that supports the development of people and growth of the business community in the region. Muthoka was speaking during a Customer Cocktail Party held in Arusha, Tanzania which was attended by members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":437773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KCB Focuses On Regional Integration Benefits - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/kcb-focuses-on-regional-integration-benefits\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"KCB Focuses On Regional Integration Benefits - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"East African Business Week (Kampala) Cedric Lumiti 6 June 2011 Nairobi \u2014 The East African Common Market Protocol will facilitate the free movement of labour and capital flow to the benefit of investors in the region, a banker has said. 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