Bank loan defaults to hit 17pc by end of year

Customers inside a banking hall in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Global credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings expects bad loans by Kenya’s commercial banks to jump to 17 percent by the end of 2023 due to delayed payments by government contractors and expensive repayment.

In its latest outlook on African banking, the US-based rating agency also expects the new tax measures being implemented by the government to pile pressure on the repayment of personal loans.

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