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# Central Bank of Kenya Cuts Policy Rate to 9.00% in Ninth Consecutive Reduction Since 2024 Peak
- URL: https://www.theglobalbanker.com/central-bank-kenya-cuts-rate-9-percent-ninth-consecutive-reduction-december-2025/
- Published: 2025-12-09T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T22:46:11.000Z
- Description: The CBK lowered its central bank rate by 25 basis points to 9.00% on 9 December 2025, the ninth consecutive cut, bringing cumulative easing to 400 basis points since the 2024 peak.
- Author: TGB Editorial Team
- Tags: Central Banks, Africa, #archive

The Central Bank of Kenya reduced its central bank rate by 25 basis points to 9.00% at its Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 9 December 2025\. The decision marks the ninth consecutive cut since the CBK began reducing rates from the 2024 peak, with cumulative easing now standing at 400 basis points.

The MPC said the cut would support lending by banks to the private sector and economic activity, and that it would closely monitor the impact of its policy decisions and stand ready to take further action as necessary.

#### THE EASING CYCLE

Average commercial bank lending rates stood at 14.9% in November 2025, down from 17.2% a year earlier, while the gross NPL ratio was 16.5%. 

The 25-basis-point move matches the size of the CBK's four previous cuts since June 2025, after larger reductions earlier in the cycle, including 75-basis-point cuts in October 2024, December 2024 and April 2025 and a 50-basis-point cut in February 2025.