The view that central banks should be largely independent of political power and that the central bank credit to government should be formally limited is generally believed to have emerged only in th 20 century.
According to Geospatial Surveys conducted in 2013, Kenya was ranked ahead of peer countries, Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria. Most fundamentally, 76.7% of Kenyans live within 5 kilometres of a financial services touch point compared to 47.3%, 42.7% and 35.1% for Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania respectively.