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Kenyan stocks record modest gains, as shilling holds steady against dollar

NSE officials monitor shares trading at the bourse.

Nairobi; Kenya: The stock market rose slightly buoyed in part by Centum Investments and banking stocks, while the shilling was unchanged.

Centum has been buoyant since announcing in September that it had won a government tender to build a 1,000-MW, coal-fired power plant together with its local partner, traders said.

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