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Kenyan banks' sovereign debt exposure caps profit gains, says Moody's - Africa Business Communities

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Kenyan banks loaded up on government paper when yields spiked, banking on spread income. Now those holdings cap earnings as sovereign credit risk reprices and capital gets locked in low-returning assets. You can't earn your way out of a balance sheet you already built.

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