I would like to close my speech by mentioning an early episode in the relationship between the business community of the Kansai region and the Bank of Japan. The Bank was established in 1882 with capital of 10 million yen – equivalent to approximately 30 billion yen today.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Moving forward, CBK and the industry players are in the process of developing a national strategy for financial education and consumer protection in Kenya as another avenue of taking financial inclusion to the next frontier. The starting point for financial education is at the level of individual players – the agents for disseminating the knowledge.