Ruthless shylocks that leave trail of broken families

A retired Banker Cyprian Kariuki, 72, at a home he has been given refuge to with his family after they were kicked out of their three acre land in 2011 over a Sh 80,000 debt by a Shylock in Kerugoya town. (Munene Kamau, Standard)

One morning in 2009, Cyprian Kariuki from Kerugoya town in Kirinyaga County desperately needed Sh80,000.

Due to the urgent, pressing need for the money, Kariuki approached a money lender who told him to give out the title deed for his land as security.