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Kenya develops insatiable appetite for credit

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Kenya has lately developed insatiable appetite for credit. And 2017 will be remembered as the time Kenya’s public debt nearly touched unsafe levels after crossing Sh4 trillion mark in March.

From as low as Sh2.5 trillion in December 2014, Kenyans owe the world a massive Sh4.5 trillion by December 2017.

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