Family pleads for man stuck with Sh500,000 in old notes

The old Sh1,000 banknotes. Central Bank of Kenya had set a deadline for Kenyans to have them exchanged into the new currency banknotes by September 30, 2019.

The family of 60-year-old Julius Mboga from Sirondho village in Gem, Siaya County now wants the Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge to help him exchange Sh500,000 worth of the old 1,000 notes with new ones.

Mr Mbogo failed to beat the September 30 deadline given by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to exchange old notes with new ones.