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GACHAGA: Why scrapping risk-based pricing could be a blow to borrowers

We are back where we started. Only this time, the government’s borrowing appetite is bigger

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by ALFRED GACHAGA

Commentary04 August 2025 - 11:00
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I still remember the chaos in boardrooms and hushed hallway conversations back in 2016 when Parliament dropped the mic with an amendment to Section 33 of the Banking Act, introducing interest rate caps. It was pitched as the long-awaited antidote to what many saw as cartel-like behaviour in the banking sector. Finally, a leash on rogue lenders.

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