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Shilling fall evokes memories of Zimbabwe inflation

By John Njiraini

The freefall of the shilling that hit new lows of Sh107 this week has started evoking memories of Zimbabwe, a country that in 2009 was forced to ditch its currency and replace it with the US dollar and the South African Rand.

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