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COVER STORY Demystifying The Credit Management Riddle! By Sam Omukoko “Business growth is inextricably related to the availability of credit where credit is defined as the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future. This very simple concept is the cornerstone of modern business and explains the explosion of business globally.” 50 MAL22/18 ISSUE “Today as we speak every institution that gives credit submits the names on their data into the Credit Reference Bureaus. In Kenya if you have an ID you are already on CRB data and can check your profile by dialing *433#. You will see your credit profile with a score and that score has a measure that determines whether you can get credit or not.”