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Low interest in Kenya fails to excite borrowers as banks hold Sh44b

Banks are sitting on billions of shillings as Kenyans shun borrowing despite a reduction in interest rates under the new rates-capping regime.

Latest Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) data shows the private sector failed to absorb Sh44 billion of available credit in the first three months of the current financial year.

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