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Banks build Sh31b war chest for bad loans amid living cost crisis

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Kenya's biggest banks have collectively set aside Sh30.9 billion for loan losses in the last six months as concerns about an economic slowdown in the country and higher defaults among businesses and individual borrowers mount.

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