KCB Group and EAC Secretariat sign MoU on establishment of a Mini-Branch in Arusha
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 24th February 2022: EAC staff, delegates, members of its Organs and Institutions and visitors can now easily conduct banking services at the EAC premises, following the launch of a Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Tanzania mini-branch, at the EAC Secretariat Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The move followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the EAC Secretary General Dr. Peter Mathuki and KCB Tanzania Managing Director Mr. Cosmas Kimario set to guide the establishment and extension of banking services by the regional lender at the EAC premises.
Dr. Mathuki noted that the mini-branch, which will be located on the ground floor of the EAC headquarters, will provide a full range of services including; account opening, cash withdrawal and deposit, money transfers, loan processing and ATM services.
Further, the bank will avail MoneyGram and Western Union services and also provide a platform for banking inquiries.
“We have installed an ATM machine that is dispensing both local currency and dollars, to ease financial transactions for all and save on time previously spend lining up at the bank,” he noted while launching the machine.
Mr. Kimario noted the branch will operate from 8:30 am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, as aligned to the EAC working hours schedule.
“The EAC Secretariat has been a consistent and long-standing partner of KCB Tanzania and we are proud to scale up the partnership, in a move geared to bringing our services closer to our customers,” he said.
In attendance was EAC Deputy Secretary General Eng. Stephen Mlote and Ms. Judith Lubuva, Arusha Region Branch Manager KCB Bank Tanzania, (Arusha).
For more information, please contact:
Simon Peter Owaka
Senior Public Relations Officer
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
EAC Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 768 552087
Email: sowaka [at] eachq.org
About the East African Community Secretariat:
The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of six Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
The EAC Secretariat is ISO 9001: 2015 Certified