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Central Bank of Kenya negotiates lower bank and telco charges

CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge (PHOTO: File)

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has brokered a deal with payment service providers to jointly facilitate increased use of mobile money transfers instead of cash transactions.

The move is aimed at combating the spread of coronavirus which has evoked fear across the population since the first case in Kenya was reported last week.

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