Below is a comparison of the movements of the Kenya shilling against the major world currencies and the currencies of our neighbouring countries over the last trading sessions, Wednesday 2nd May and Thursday 3rd May 2012:
| Currency | US Dollars | Sterling Pounds | Euro | SA Rand | KES/USHS | KES/TSHS | KES/RWF | |
| Date | 02/05/2012 | 83.2903 | 135.1614 | 110.2378 | 10.7494 | 30.0156 | 19.0599 | 7.2819 |
| 03/05/2012 | 83.4053 | 135.0438 | 109.6516 | 10.78 | 29.7944 | 19.0037 | 7.2779 | |
The Kenya Shilling marginally weakened against the US Dollar, the SA Rand and the Ugandan Shilling. It however marginally strengthened against the Sterling Pound, the Euro, the Tanzanian Shilling and the Rwandan Franc.