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CBK rejects Trump currency manipulation claims amid Sh12.9b tariffs hit

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Central Bank of Kenya Governor Kamau Thugge says Trump's tariff could reduce Kenya's exports to the US by approximately Sh12.9 billion ($100 million). [File, Standard]

Kenya has refuted allegations of currency manipulation leveled by the Trump administration.

This is even as Nairobi acknowledges a potential $100 million (Sh12.9 billion ) hit to the country's export earnings from newly imposed US tariffs.

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