Kenyatta savours the billions that Kenyans living abroad have sent

The money workers send home to their families from abroad has become a critical part of Kenya’s economy, President Uhuru Kenyatta said yesterday. Based on the most recent data, remittances, as this money is called, have over the years grown in importance.

In his Jamhuri Day Speech, the president noted that money sent in by Kenyans living abroad has since overtaken coffee and tea to become the country’s main foreign exchange earner.