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Youths blacklisted by CRB, swimming in debts due to gambling - Matiang’i

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i. 

NAIROBI, KENYA: More than 500,000 Kenyans mostly youths have been blacklisted by the credit reference bureaus (CRB) for failure to repay loans borrowed for gambling, the government has said.

Speaking on Monday during a meeting with betting stakeholders in Nairobi, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i accused gambling firms of turning youths into borrowing machines, adding that the government must regulate the sector.

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