{"id":31,"date":"2025-06-02T07:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kba.co.ke\/histo25\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:08:41","slug":"pre-independence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kba.co.ke\/histo25\/pre-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31\" class=\"elementor elementor-31\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcdd7d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fcdd7d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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In 1887 Sir William Mackinnon, with the endorsement of the British Foreign Office, set up what later came to be known as the Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC).<\/p><p>The formation of the IBEAC captured the attention of the National Bank of India, (NBI) which entered into agreement with the East African representatives of the merchant company, Smith, Mackenzie &amp; Co, to act as its banking agent on the East African coast.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"ha-unfold-btn ha-unfold-icon-before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRE-INDEPENDENCE Banking History The East African Protectorate: A History of Banking In Kenya 8:58 Pre-Independence The history of banking in Kenya traces its roots to early European trade on the East African coast, chiefly Zanzibar, in the later part of the 19th\u00a0century. 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