However, Kenya will continue addressing and improving on its AML/CFT regime under the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG). Ladies and Gentlemen: On its part, the Central Bank has continually enhanced the regulation and supervision of the financial system in order to improve the sector’s integrity.
As part of our efforts in ensuring appropriate and effective oversight, the Central Bank first issued AML Guidelines in 1996. These Guidelines were revised in 2000, 2006 and  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  subsequently overhauled in 2012 to reflect the prevailing international best practice and to align them with the proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2009 (POCAMLA).