I am pleased to welcome you at the Bank of Mauritius. At the outset, I wish to put on record the proactiveness we witnessed from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Bank for International Settlements and other Central Banks with respect to this event.
*  *  *  Mrs. Jacinta Mwatela, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya; Mr. Richard Etemesi, Chairman of the Kenya Bankers Association; Ms. Caroline Pulver, Representative of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust; Representatives of the Kenya Bankers Association; Distinguished Guests; Colleagues; Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to start by first thanking all of you for accepting our invitation to attend the launch of this survey on bank charges and lending rates.