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Kenyan shilling

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Kenyan shilling

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Also known as Shilling

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AI overview

The Kenyan shilling is the official money used in Kenya for buying and selling goods and services. It matters because it's essential for conducting everyday transactions and doing business throughout the country.

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Encyclopedic overview

The Kenyan shilling (Swahili: shilingi; abbreviation: KSh; ISO code: KES) is the currency of Kenya. It is divided into 100 cents. The Central Bank of Kenya Act cap 491, mandated the printing and minting of the Kenyan currency.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kenyan shilling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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