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More pain for borrowers as key lending rate hits five-year high

Borrowers are staring at expensive loans after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) raised its policy lending rate by 75 basis points to 9.50 per cent - the highest in four years and nine months - in a bid to stem rising inflation and stabilise the weakened shilling.

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