March 31st was the deadline for all Kenyan Banks to publish their annual reports for the year ended in a daily newspaper. This is a commendable requirement of the Banking Act, that the government should also extended - and require all commissions of inquiry, constituency development funds, special projects, catering and fuel levy, city councils, ministry and all government body budgets etc to publish their 2004 income vs. expenditure and budgets for 2005. Sure it will make a lot of money for newspapers, but the greater good is an informed public with a greater awareness of how their taxes are spend.
Banking is Good
Anyway as for Bank's, 2004 was a good year, despite the lower interest rates. Most of Kenya's 43 Bank's were profitable, with few exceptions posting losses. Only 4 (Consolidated, Akiba, Fina & Oriental) of Kenya's 43 banks posted losses - the rest had profits that varied from 23 million at Middle East Bank to 5.4 billion shillings (before tax) at Barclays.
Barclays, will distribute its 5.3b as follows: (1) Barclays plc (UK) 36.2% (2) Kenya government 31.5% as taxes (3) 15.6% will retained profits, and (4) local shareholders will received 16.7% (a dividend of 14 shillings per share for 2004)
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Profit's are not as crazy as in years past. Two notable Bank's with much reduced profit's are Citibank (Kenya) and Standard Chartered.
Still it's a balance of lending to the public (unsecured personal loans have higher interest rates), government secutities, or to other banks - while at the same time controlling costs and interest paid on deposits.
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