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Law regulating shylock business repealed in 1984, lawyer says

Legal experts say shylock business has thrived on non-existent laws and exploited loopholes in the statues to make a killing.

Lawyer Wahome Gikonyo says the lawsupposed to regulate the shylock businesswas repealed in 1984, thus money lenders operate on the fringes of the law since.

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