Since pre-colonial times, Kenyans have been used to bank notes and coins that bear individual's faces on the front. Now that is all going to change thanks to provisions in the new constitution.

Article 231(4) of the New Constitution on the production and issuance of Kenyan currency notes and coins provides that “Notes and Coins issued by the Central Bank of Kenya may bear images that depict or symbolize an aspect of Kenya but shall not bear the portrait of an individual”

This clause in effect ends the Founding Father's ride in people's wallets, purses and pockets. There has been a trend in Kenya where every incoming president wants to have the omnipresent power of being on the currency. All the three Kenyan presidents have had their share of this cake with President Kibaki riding on the infamous Forty Shilling coin. It is the only piece of currency a Kenyan would receive with a grim face.

The Central Bank is  inviting  individuals, institutions, organizations, and professional bodies to present, in writing, proposals on elements they would like to see featured on the banknotes, to be considered for incorporation in the design of the proposed new Kenyan currency banknotes and coins.

Read more on how you can determine the new currency design here.

So, what would you like to see on your bank notes? Giriama Dancers? Mt. Kenya? Ngamia 1?