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Cap borrowing by State to boost private sector credit and capital

On the rate cap, the proposal by Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria to allow higher interest depending on a customer’s risk holds only if the National Treasury controls its appetite to borrow domestically, even at a higher rate.

The legislator said he has already written to National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi about the intended Bill.

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