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CBK penalty pushes banks to raise vigilance

CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge

Banks will be more vigilant in flagging and freezing accounts for suspicious transactions after the regulator insisted on fining five banks that transacted National Youth Service (NYS) scandal money.

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said the lenders had not done enough to stop the looting and fined them for lapses in their systems.

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