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CBK boss goes all out to protect Shilling

CBK Governor and Chairman Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Patrick Njoroge. [David Gichuru/Standard]

Central Bank of Kenya governor Patrick Njoroge has gone all out to protect the Shilling against the coronavirus pandemic that has wreaked havoc around the world.

After weeks in which the Shilling has been on a free-fall as foreign inflows dwindled, the local currency gained some ground against the dollar by Friday to exchange below 106.

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