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:
| Currency | US Dollars | Sterling Pounds | Euro | SA Rand | KES/USHS | KES/TSHS | KES/RWF | |
| Date | 25/04/2012 | 83.2531 | 134.3929 | 109.8259 | 10.6812 | 30.1371 | 19.0684 | 7.2371 |
| 26/04/2012 | 83.265 | 134.5974 | 110.094 | 10.7217 | 30.0848 | 19.0657 | 7.2361 | |
The Kenya shilling gained marginally against the US Dollar, the Sterling Pound and the Euro, up by 0.013%, 0.152% and 0.244% respectively. The local currency also gained against the South African Rand, up by 0.379%. The Kenya shilling weakened against the Uganda and Tanzania shilling and the Rwanda Franc as well, down by 0.173%, 0.0141% and 0.0138% respectively. Kenyans had to pay more and they received less, on average, for all the currencies above, compared to the previous day.