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Uhuru throws Kenyans into jaws of greedy banks after securing second term

Borrowers are likely to pay more for loans after President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday refused to assent to the Finance Bill 2019.

President Kenyatta returned the Bill to Parliament, and instructed legislators to remove a section that introduced the capping of interest rates.

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