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High rates support Kenya shilling

The Kenyan shilling held at a near 13-month high on Tuesday with traders saying it could break past Sh82 per dollar this week.

Local lending rates rose with the weighted average interbank rising 80 basis points to 26.2 percent on Monday, above the Central Bank's discount window rate of 24.0 percent.

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