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Banks trip over themselves to raise interest rates

Sidian Bank was yesterday forced to retract a schedule of new loan charges. [File, Standard]

It did not take long for banks to start raising the cost of loans.

Barely 24 hours after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Finance Bill into law on Thursday, local lenders began adjusting their interest rates upwards, signalling the dearth of cheap credit.

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