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Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has hinted at buying out one of its longtime arch rivals, Barclays Bank, even as it posted a 16 per cent rise in net profits in 2015 to hit Sh19.6 billion.
The lender, which had posted Sh16.8 billion in net profits in a similar period in 2014, attributed the good performance to a growth in interest income revenue.
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