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Looming crisis as top lenders stare at Sh500b in bad loans

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Kenya's biggest banks collectively incurred a record jump in bad loans last year as concerns about an economic slowdown in the country that led to higher defaults among businesses and individual borrowers mount.

The rising defaults could force banks to cut back on lending to the productive sectors of the economy.

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