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When past credit history returns to haunt

By Peter Kamuri

When Eustace Karanja, a small scale business owner in Gikomba Market, Nairobi, applied for a loan with a micro finance institution five weeks ago, he was optimistic that finally, he would get money to revive his declining business.

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