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No husband? Sorry, no loan

When it comes to credit, banks are afraid of matrimonial property. [iStockphoto]

“Mercy, you are going to need a husband.”

This is what a bank manager told Mercy Githinji, the proprietor of Uzuri Institute over a decade ago when she was up and down looking for money to grow the institution. 

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