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Prices in the Kenyan shilling are written in the form of x/y, where x is the amount in shillings, while y is the amount in cents. An equals sign or hyphen represents zero amount. For example, 50 cents is written as "-/ 50 " and 100 shillings as "100/ = " or "100/-".
Kenyan shilling: No. of listings: 65 [1] Market cap: KSh. 1,807.88 Billion/= 25 October 2024 [2] Volume: 5.8 billion units [3] (2016) 6.8 billion units (2015) Indices: NSE All Share Index NSE 20 Share Index FTSE NSE Indices FTSE NSE Kenya 15 Index FTSE NSE Kenya 25 Index FTSE NSE Kenya Govt. Bond Index FTSE ASEA Pan African Index: Website: NSE ...
Sale to individuals under age 18 is still prohibited, as is sale through automatic vending machines. Anyone making or selling adulterated chang'aa risks penalties of five million shillings, five years in jail, or both. [2] Chang'aa is usually much cheaper and stronger than other alcoholic drinks, making it the beverage of choice for many.
The East African shilling was the sterling unit of account in British-controlled areas of East Africa from 1921 until 1969. [2] It was issued by the East African Currency Board. It is also the proposed name for a common currency that the East African Community plans to introduce. The shilling was divided into 100 cents, and twenty shillings ...
Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah introduced Cedi notes and Pesewa coins in July 1965 to replace the Ghanaian pounds, shillings and pence. The Cedi bore the portrait of the President and was equivalent to eight shillings and four pence (8s 4d), i.e. one hundred old pence, so that 1 pesewa was equal to one penny.
In Kenya there are about 42 different languages, which have different dialects and indigenous names for money, in addition to the official National languages of Swahili and English. In English, Kenyan currency is a Shilling while in Swahili it is "Shilingi". (Indeed, all East African countries refer to their money as Shillings. [citation needed])
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In October 2023, while responding to questions from a parliamentary committee on finance and national planning, Dr. Thugge said the decline in international reserves was caused by an overvaluation of the shilling against the dollar [5] This was against the backdrop of a gradual reduction in import cover from 5.5 months to 3.7 months.