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Kenya central bank sells dollars after shilling slides to near-record low

The Kenyan shilling dropped to a new four and a half year low on Friday due to persistent worries about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on export earnings.

This prompted the central bank to sell dollars to limit the losses, traders said.

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