Below is a table comparing the movements of the Kenya shilling against the major world currencies and the currencies of our neighbouring countries over the last two days:
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CURRENCY |
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| Date | US Dollar | Sterling Pound | Euro | SA Rand | KESUSHS | KESTSHS | KESRWF |
| Tuesday 24th April 2012 |
83.2293 |
134.1512 |
109.4996 |
10.5774 |
30.1938 |
19.0739 |
7.2391 |
| Wednesday 25th April 2012 |
83.2531 |
134.3929 |
109.8259 |
10.6812 |
30.1371 |
19.0684 |
7.2371 |
The Kenya shilling weakened marginally against the US Dollar, the Sterling Pound and the Euro, down by 0.029%, 0.18% and 0.29% respectively. The local currency also weakened against the South African Rand, down by 0.98%. The Kenya shilling continued this trend against the Uganda and Tanzania shilling and the Rwanda Franc as well, down by 0.187%, 0.018% and 0.028% respectively. Kenyans had to pay more and they received less, on average, for all the currencies above, compared to the previous day.