Banks have steeply increased the cost of loans with interest rates of up to 19 per cent, leaving their customers with a massive debt servicing burden.
The increments come at a time when the high cost-of-living is already squeezing Kenyans hard.
This follows the widespread adoption of the risk-based rating of loans by a majority of the country's nearly 40 banks.
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