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Government lending earns banks Sh122b

Banks pocketed at least Sh122 billion from the State coffers last year as they rushed to profit from a cash-hungry Government.

The income generated from lending to Government reflected an increase of 14 per cent from Sh107.1 billion that the lenders received in the previous year, according to an analysis by The Standard.

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