Kenya's central bank to hold next rate-setting meeting on July 27

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan central bank's Monetary Policy Committee will hold its next rate-setting meeting on July 27, the bank said on Friday.

At its last meeting in May, the bank raised its benchmark lending rate to 7.50%, up from 7.00% previously, the first hike since July 2015.

(Reporting by George Obulutsa; Editing by Hereward Holland, James Macharia Chege)