Absa Bank Kenya PLC has joined top-tier banks reporting huge declines in profits as a result of the higher provisioning for bad loans.
In its third quarter report, Absa reported a 66.1 per cent profit decline in nine months this year of $19 million from $56 million last year, joining the ranks of Equity and KCB.
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