NAIROBI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Barclays Bank of Kenya's half year pretax profit rose 12 percent to 6.1 billionshillings ($69.36 million) compared to the the same period lastyear, largely due to a surge in customer loans, the bank said onTuesday.
Jeremy Awori, the managing director for the bank that iscontrolled by Barclays Plc, said the loan book grew by20 percent to 128 billion shillings during the first-half. (Reporting by James Macharia, editing by William Hardy)