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Switch to new currency could be exercise in futility

Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge briefs the media on the new currency notes that will replace the old notes at the CBK offices last week. [David Gichuru, Standard]

In 221 B.C, Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, began the building of what would come to be known as the Great Wall of China. His objective was to protect his newly found kingdom from nomads and marauding Mongolian raiders.

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