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Central Bank of Kenya says it injected Sh45b to rescue troubled banks in 2016

Central Bank of Kenya headquarters. [PHOTO: FILE]

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) loaned banks billions of shillings to remain afloat between June 2015 and 2016.

CBK lent over Sh44.6 billion to banks as it moved to restore confidence in the market during a banking crisis that saw Dubai Bank, Imperial Bank and Chase Bank shut down. Chase bank was later reopened.

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