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Decade-long haemorrhage that put National Bank on deathbed

By Otiato Guguyu | 6yrs ago

After years of pillage, unreliable financial statements, sale of the property and waning shareholder confidence, the real value of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) appears uncertain.

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