Kenya's shilling slips to fresh record low due to increased demand
Kenya's shilling weakened to a new all-time low on Friday due to rising demand for dollars from oil and manufacturing companies and other importers, traders said.
At 0703 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 122.30/50 per dollar, a new low according to data from Refinitiv, compared with Thursday's closing rate of 122.15/35.
The shilling, which is down 7.5% against the dollar so far this year, has breached a series of all-time lows in recent months mainly due to the strengthening of the dollar.
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