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Kenya says has enough forex reserves to weather any Brexit fallout

Kenya's central bank has enough foreign exchange reserves and funds available from an IMF standby facility to weather any fallout from a British referendum on whether to leave the European Union, the governor said on Tuesday.

"We think we are in a comfortable position," Governor Patrick Njoroge told a news conference, adding that a British vote to leave the EU could hurt the global economy and Kenya would "feel the shock wave".

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