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Why Kenya might not sustain 6 percent growth rate

James Mwangi, Equity Group’s CEO

Kenya might be unable to sustain its economic growth rate of about 6 percent per annum due to poor credit growth caused by a cap on commercial lending rates, the chief executive of Equity Group said on Monday.

East Africa’s richest economy capped the rates at 4 percentage points above the central bank rate in 2016, with authorities saying they wanted to help small traders access capital at affordable rates.

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