Kenya CBK Rates & Forex

Live data from the Central Bank of Kenya: daily foreign exchange rates for 21 currencies, plus the key monetary policy indicators every Kenyan finance professional, importer, and analyst checks daily.

Pairs naturally with our NSE Kenya Market Data actor — together they cover equities, forex, and macro/interest rates in one data suite.

What you get

Two record types in one dataset (or filter to just one):

Key Rates (dataType: "rates") — CBK's own snapshot of core monetary indicators:

• Central Bank Rate (CBR)
• KESONIA (overnight interbank rate)
• CBK Discount Window
• 91-Day T-Bill yield
• REPO rate
• Inflation Rate
• Lending, Savings, and Deposit rates
• KBRR

Forex (dataType: "forex") — the latest official daily exchange rate for 21 currencies against the Kenyan Shilling (USD, GBP, EUR, and regional currencies including UGX, TZS, RWF, BIF, and more).

Sample output

{
  "dataType": "rates",
    "indicator": "Central Bank Rate",
      "value": "8.75%",
        "effective_date": "11/08/2026",
          "source": "Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)",
            "source_url": "https://www.centralbank.go.ke/",
              "scraped_at": "2026-09-10T10:12:14.000Z"
              }
              ```

              ```json
              {
                "dataType": "forex",
                  "date": "10/09/2026",
                    "currency": "US DOLLAR",
                      "rate_kes": 129.45,
                        "source": "Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)",
                          "source_url": "https://www.centralbank.go.ke/forex",
                            "scraped_at": "2026-09-10T10:12:26.000Z"
                            }
                            ```

                            ## How to use it

                            Leave input blank to get both data types, or set `dataType` to `rates` or `forex` for just one.

                            ### Input

                            ```json
                            {
                              "dataType": "all"
                              }
                              ```

                              ## Use cases

                              - Daily rate feeds for finance dashboards, newsletters, and trading tools
                              - Forex bureau and business rate benchmarking against the official CBK mid-rate
                              - Macro/economic monitoring for analysts, journalists, and researchers tracking inflation, interest rates, and monetary policy
                              - Combine with NSE Kenya Market Data for a complete daily snapshot of Kenya's financial markets

                              ## How it works

                              Both data types come from CBK's own official website (centralbank.go.ke). The Key Rates snapshot is read directly from the homepage. Forex rates are pulled from CBK's live rates table, then filtered to the most recent trading day automatically, so you always get current data even as CBK's own historical archive grows daily.

                              ## Pricing

                              Paid per event (per record returned). No browser rendering is used, keeping costs low.

                              ## FAQ

                              **How fresh is the data?** Every run fetches CBK's current published rates at the moment of execution — normally the same day, or the most recent business day.

                              **Why 21 currencies?** That's the full set CBK itself publishes daily, including regional currencies (UGX, TZS, RWF, BIF) alongside major global currencies.

                              **Is this official data?** Yes — every value is sourced directly from centralbank.go.ke, Kenya's central bank.