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Importers squeezed as dollar market rate surges past Sh140

Global business logistics import export in a cargo freight ship transport concept. [Getty Images]

Retail buyers of dollars are now paying up to Sh143 in banking halls as the demand for the greenback surges.

This comes amid the revamping of the interbank foreign exchange market, which was seen as the panacea for easing access to foreign currencies.

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