The government will convert the Agricultural Finance Corporation into a farmers bank, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei has said.
Koskei says the proposal for the conversion has been endorsed and AFC will also be allowed to accept deposits from farmers repaying their loans. The restructured state corporation will also be able to give farmers loans at interest rates not exceeding 10 percent
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