Investors hit as savings, bonds, NSE returns fall

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Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on the trading floor of the Exchange building. 

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The high returns that investors in Kenya enjoyed last year from bonds to equities and bank savings look unlikely in 2025 as the government aggressively cuts the cost of its borrowing and the equities market faces turmoil in the wake of US President Trump’s tariffs.

In 2024, several asset classes including the stock market, bonds, money market funds and fixed bank deposits, offered investors double-digit returns, billions in capital gains and interest earnings.

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