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President Uhuru Kenyatta should sign the lending rates Bill

President Uhuru Kenyatta is yet to make a decision on Bill to cap interest rates

NAIROBI: Credible pointers that President Uhuru Kenyatta will reject the Banking (Amendment) Bill for what his anonymous handlers call a "win-win" situation for banks and consumers do not come as a surprise.

Regrettably, his indecisiveness and unprecedented delay in determining the fate of the Bill offers a glimpse into his state of potential conflict of interest and stranglehold by bankers. Needless to mention, this is contrary to the public good he swore to defend.

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