KENYA
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Kenyan Money
Kenyan Shilling is the currency in Kenya.
Shilling (KES) = 100 cents.
Notes are in KES1,000, 500, 200, 100 & 50.
Coins are in: KES20, 10 and 5.
Kenyan Money and Kenyan Banks
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The Shilling is the official currency of Kenya. 1 Shilling = 100 cents. Notes are in denominations of 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5. Coins are in denominations of 2 and 1, and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cents. For an instant online currency exchange rate .
Shilling Exchange Rate Indicators as of June 2007
| 1 Australian Dollar - | 60.44 Kenyan Shilling |
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| 1 British Pound - | 140.62 Kenyan Shilling |
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| 1 Canadian Dollar - | 65.86 Kenyan Shilling |
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| 1 Euro - | 94.18 Kenyan Shilling |
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| 1 Swiss Franc - | 56.59 Kenyan Shilling |
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| 1 US Dollar - | 68.39 Kenyan Shilling |
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Currency Exchange in Kenya
Foreign and traveller’s cheques can be exchanged at banks, bureaux de change and , railway stations, ports & major in Kenya at the official exchange rates.
: American Express, Diners Club, and are widely accepted in Kenya, as well as Shillingcheque cards. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability in Kenya. ATMs are widely available.
Traveller Cheques: International traveller’s cheques are widely accepted. Travellers are advised to take traveller’s cheques in Shillings and chould be changed at banks or exchange bureaux.
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