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Capital Markets Authority says shareholders will decide if bank merger goes ahead

KCB Group’s takeover of state-backed National Bank of Kenya will go ahead if its offer is accepted by 75 per cent of National’s shareholders, the markets regulator said on Thursday.

The comments by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) came in response to a call by some lawmakers for the government to reject KCB’s offer.

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