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Betting through M-Pesa hits Sh83bn in half-year
The telco’s disclosures show that the value of the bets jumped 69 percent from Sh49.2 billion a year earlier.

Kenyans spent Sh83.2 billion to place bets in the six months to September through Safaricom’s M-Pesa platform alone, underlining the gambling craze that has become a national pastime.

Kenyans sink deeper into household debt as tough times bite
Many ordinary Kenyans have resorted to borrowing for their daily needs due to the rising cost of living.

CBK data shows that of the 11.42 million bank account holders who accessed loans last year, 95.34 per cent used the money for personal expenses.
However, this data relates to bank lending alone, which does not fully capture the extent of borrowing by Kenyans.
The data leaves out the many loans advanced by shylocks, unregulated digital lenders and others.
Increased borrowing
Increased internet connectivity has seen an explosion of unregulated digital lenders that provide easy access to loans with extortionate interest rates, sometimes trapping borrowers in a vicious debt cycle.
Increased borrowing has also been fuelled by rapid population growth and an increase in the number of banks, branches, ATMs as well as adoption of mobile banking, which have increased the number of people applying for loans and eased to loan facilities.
reality on the ground, form ni, "nitumie kwa hii number ile ingine iko na shida ".