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Micah Cheserem: The novice CBK boss many loved to hate

Micah Cheresem, then CBK Governor as he displayed the new Sh500 notes in 1998.

When then 42-year-old Micah Cheserem took over from Eric Kotut as the Governor of scandal-hit Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) in 1993, there were murmurs.

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