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Experts insist uncapping lending interest rate good for State’s housing agenda

A section of real estate players say the recent removal of interest rate cap is good for the sector. The rates cap came into force in 2016, but was lifted last week after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s memorandum which recommended its removal sailed through Parliament for lack of two-thirds majority.

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