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Pickpockets now shun weak shilling,only interested in strong dollar and pound

Flactuating shilling

Foreigners beware! Woe unto you if you are, err, well, white and if you are black, speak with a foreign ascent at your own risk! Following the weakening of the Kenya shilling against foreign currencies, local pickpockets now avoid the local currency and instead only target pockets most likely to be carrying foreign currency, especially the US dollar and British pound, a little bird within pickpockets circles has revealed.

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