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Saccos grapple with loan requests after rate cap

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Saccos are struggling to meet the demand for loan requests in the wake of the interest rate cap on bank loans. 

Metropolitan National Sacco Chief Executive Francis Ng’ang’a said many banks had opted to lend to the Government through Treasury bonds and bills which are deemed secure, making many borrowers to turn to Saccos.

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