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Banks resume selling dollar at Sh140 despite CBK intervention

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Retail dollar buyers have started paying again up to Sh140 per unit 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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