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Why you may be disappointed this week with old Sh1000 notes

New currency notes issued by Central Bank of Kenya.

NAIROBI, KENYA: As the deadline for exchanging the old Sh1000 notes with the new generation ones approaches, companies are tightening their systems to beat the Central Bank of Kenya set date.

On June 1, the Central Bank set the end of September (a week from now) as the expiry date of the old Sh1000 notes.

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