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Central Bank Governor says Kenya not ready for virtual currencies

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge has again warned that the country must go slow in adopting digital currencies.

This is because Kenya currently doesn’t have systems and capabilities to handle virtual currencies. The CBK is yet to come up with proper policies to regulate these form of currencies such as Bitcoins, also known as currency of the Internet.

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