The facts
- Who files
- Market participants in the interbank foreign exchange market (the Foreign Exchange Code applies to institutions licensed under the Banking Act that deal in foreign exchange). Source
- How often
- Market Participants will be required to submit a quarterly report to CBK on the level of compliance to the FX Code. Source
- Deadline
- Within 14 days after the end of every calendar quarter; the first report was due 14 July 2023. Source
- Format
- Other. The one-off 2023 self-assessment used the published Excel self-assessment template; the format of the ongoing quarterly compliance report is not stated on the pages read. Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the CBK: Bankreturns Portal; Non-Bankreturns Portal. See how firms file with the CBK.
- Status
- In force
- Group
- Market conduct
Templates (0)
The library lists no templates for this return.
The Excel self-assessment template (55 FX Global Code principle sheets) was for the one-off 2023 assessment; no separate template for the ongoing quarterly report was found. Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. No validation rules for this return were found on the Central Bank of Kenya's public pages. Source
Public data
No published data from this return was found. No publicly available data from this return was found on the Central Bank of Kenya's pages read. Source
Official documents (3)
The CBK's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- The Foreign Exchange Code
Guidance · PDF · 3.9 MB · 23 March 2023
Issued under section 33(4) of the Banking Act. Section 1.3 required a one-off self-assessment report by 30 April 2023; section 1.3 also requires an ongoing quarterly compliance report, within 14 days of each quarter end, whose format is not published separately from the self-assessment template.
SHA-256
44f5f4fb7ba8show in full44f5f4fb7ba85b83f2d1003fdbefb9d05c3a0b1e4d147b3bff9f37f321a27b60 - Kenya Foreign Exchange Code Self-Assessment Template
Template · XLSM · 323.2 KB · 13 April 2023
Sheets: Data, Acknowledgement, Guidance, Summary, and P1 to P52 (one sheet per FX Global Code principle).
SHA-256
8f00a7be6df7show in full8f00a7be6df71cbcdc151a8590e1feb050f3237abcdefdffd54b1525979702a1 - Banking Act (Cap 488)
Legal text · PDF · 627.3 KB · 25 March 2026
The Bank's own copy; the 2026-03-25 date is when this copy was last uploaded, not necessarily the date of the latest amendment.
SHA-256
c9b5b49e5a02show in fullc9b5b49e5a02956bf3ade9098f0e9ca9b4c1624a3c96ded3a894980850f3ff67
Sources
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Last checked 13 November 2026.