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Banks lock out more than 600,000 loan defaulters

By By NICHOLAS WAITATHU | Sep. 25, 2013
CBK Governor Prof Njuguna Ndung’u.  Kenyans defaulting on loan repayment has been on a steady rise in hard economic times.

By NICHOLAS WAITATHU

Lenders in Kenya have blacklisted more than 600,000 loan defaulters in the last three years.

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