*  *  *  Dr. Geoffrey Mwau, Economic Secretary, Ministry of Finance; Dr. Yira Mascaro and Mr. Ulrich Matthias Zeisluft, Representatives of the International Finance Corporation and World Bank; Mr. Richard Etemesi, Chairman, Kenya Bankers Association; Mr. Habil Olaka, CEO, Kenya Bankers Association; Chief Executives of Utility and Telecommunications Service Providers; Chief Executives of various Development Finance Institutions; Mr. Carilus Ademba, CEO SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority; Mr. Ben Nkungi, CEO, Association of Microfinance Institutions of Kenya; Chief Executives of Licensed Credit Reference Bureaus in Kenya; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen: I am delighted to be here today to make some brief remarks at this very auspicious occasion of ushering in a new phase of the Credit Information Sharing (CIS) Project.
Till such time the framework for global SIFIs may be a useful starting point for countries like ours for dealing with domestic SIFIs. In view of that, we have already initiated an assessment process.