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Kenyan shilling gains on tight liquidity, focus on MPC

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Kenyan shilling firmed on Wednesday, helped by a liquidity squeeze that has led to rising overnight lending rates, but trade was cautious hours ahead of central bank's interest rates decision.

At 0756 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 100.95/101.15 to the dollar compared with Tuesday's close of 101.10/20.

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