Analysts: Shilling remains stable despite Trump's aid freeze

US President Donald Trump's economic onslaught to put America first has raised questions about how the Kenyan shilling, which has stabilised for almost a year, will fare in these unpredictable times.

The recent halt on aid programmes facilitated by the United States through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) with a huge footprint in the country, is one of the ways the country receives foreign currency which helps stabilise the exchange rate.