Banks lend Treasury Sh625bn after rate caps

National Treasury building in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Commercial banks pumped more money into government securities in the year to December 2017, even as they tightened credit to private enterprises and individual customers, fresh industry data shows.

Financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 show that the top eight Kenyan banks invested Sh83.9 billion or 15 per cent more in government debt for a total of Sh625.1 billion in the period under review.

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