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Weak shilling piles pressure on Kenya's external debt

By Standard Digital | 14yrs ago

By JAMES ANYANZWA

Kenya will have to incur an extra Sh28.1 billion in its external debt following the fall in the value of the shilling against world’s major currencies.

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