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Loan sharks tormenting us, say women

A group of women demonstrate in Karatina Town on August 14, 2016, to condemn Shylock Traders in the town after an exclusive expose by the Sunday Standard on how they deceive them to take hefty interest loans. (PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD)

Women have condemned the continued harassment by loan sharks in the county.

The women staged a protest at Karatina Stadium on Sunday, claiming the loan sharks were colluding with police officers to arrest borrowers who were unable to repay their loans and, in some cases, seizing their property without court orders.

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