2016-08-12 | 1946454884

Central Bank Circular No 1 of 2016 - Implementation of Communications on Specified Entities

The Central Bank of Kenya has issued a circular to all principal officers of foreign exchange bureaus, informing them of a list of specified entities issued by the Counter Financing of Terrorism Inter-Ministerial Committee. The entities include Al-Shabaab, Al-Qacda, Boko Haram, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Institutions are instructed to freeze all accounts and cease providing financial services to these entities and to comply with the Prevention of Terrorism (Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Suppression of Terrorism) Regulations, 2013.

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