For earlier currencies used in Kenya, see East African florin, East African rupee and East African shilling.
Kenyan shilling
Shilingi ya Kenya(Swahili)
100/= Kenyan Shillings Banknote
ISO 4217
Code
KES (numeric: 404)
Subunit
0.01
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100
cent
Banknotes
50/=, 100/=, 200/=, 500/=, 1,000/=
Coins
1/=, 5/=, 10/=, 20/=
Demographics
User(s)
Kenya
Issuance
Central bank
Central Bank of Kenya
Website
www.centralbank.go.ke
Valuation
Inflation
5.1%
Source
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as of June 2010.
The shilling (Swahili: shilingi; abbreviation: KSh; ISO code: KES) is the currency of Kenya. It is divided into 100 cents. The Central Bank of Kenya Act cap 491, mandated the printing and minting of the Kenyan shilling currency.[1]
^"Early Currencies, Trade and Exchange". Central Bank of Kenya. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
minting of the Kenyanshilling currency. Prices in the Kenyanshilling are written in the form of x/y, where x is the amount in shillings, while y is the...
countries replaced their currencies with the Kenyanshilling, the Ugandan shilling and the Tanzanian shilling, respectively. Though all these currencies...
currencies (Kenyanshilling, Ugandan shilling, and Tanzanian shilling) following the territories' independence. In 1951, the East African shilling replaced...
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segregation. Kenya gained its independence in 1963. Under President Jomo Kenyatta, the Kenyan government promoted africanisation of the Kenyan economy, generating...
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000 KenyanShilling. For loans above 500,000 KenyanShilling, interest rates go up to 71%. Political issues: Corruption is a major problem in Kenya. In...
in Kenyan athletics circles, with the defection of a number of Kenyan athletes to represent other countries, chiefly Bahrain and Qatar. The Kenyan Ministry...
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of Kenya withdrew its case against the startup. In July 2022, a Kenyan High Court froze accounts held by Flutterwave holding over 6.2 billion Kenyan shilling...
produced local versions of their currencies. These included the Somali shilling; the Italian East African lira; and the African franc (in Francophone countries)...
and first deployed by its Kenyan affiliate Safaricom. In May 2012, there were over 15 million customers of M-PESA in Kenya. SmartCash"SmartCash". M-PESA"M-Pesa"...
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exceed seven million Kenyashillings. For Senior Principal Magistrates, the limit is in disputes not exceeding five million Kenyashillings; for Principal Magistrates...
given the code "EHP" but this has not been assigned by the ISO Somaliland shilling (state of issue is viewed as de jure part of Somalia, exchange rate not...
"nos franc" (نص فرانك) for 2 piastres, shelen (شلن) [ˈʃelen] (i.e. a shilling) for 5 piastres, bariza (بريزة) [bæˈriːzæ] for 10 piastres, and reyal (ريال)...
and protectorates in East Africa Kenyanshilling (Swahili: Shilingi ya Kenya), the currency of Kenya Tanzanian shilling (Swahili: Shilingi ya Tanzania)...
2013. In 2013 a local business launched a plan to build a 200 million Kenyashilling meat processing facility in the town. Scenes from the Hollywood film...
British territories in Southern Africa. The East African shilling was originally used in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika but it soon spread to Zanzibar and...
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