Below is a comparison of the performance of the Kenya shilling against major global and regional currencies over the last two trading periods; Tuesday 22nd and Monday 21st May 2012:
| Currency | US Dollars | Sterling Pounds | Euro | SA Rand | KES/USHS | KES/TSHS | KES/RWF | |
| Date | 21/05/2012 | 84.4639 | 133.8243 | 108.1141 | 10.2041 | 29.2679 | 18.7433 | 7.125 |
| 22/05/2012 | 84.9572 | 134.3231 | 108.6259 | 10.3275 | 29.1324 | 18.6919 | 7.092 | |
As we can observe the Kenya shilling continued weakening against the US Dollar (0.584%), the Sterling Pound (0.3727%), and the Euro (0.4733%). The Shilling also weakened against the South African Rand (1.2093%). However, it strengthened against the Ugandan, Tanzanian and Rwandan currencies by 0.5158%, 0.2742% and 0.4631% respectively.
This mixed performance of the shilling is a continuation of the pattern observed last week.