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Paying for a safari trip, buying souvenirs at a Maasai market, or grabbing a snack from a roadside food stall has long been a headache for many tourists in Kenya.

Most end up carrying wads of cash after struggling to find ATMs or discovering that their Visa or Mastercard credit cards don't work at smaller outlets.

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