Forex reserves at 88-month low as debt repayments fall due

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The Central Bank of Kenya in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya’s foreign-exchange reserves have dropped to the lowest level in 88 months as the nation makes multi-billion shillings debt repayments, marking the second time in less than three months it is breaching the critical level of four months’ import cover.

Reserves currently stand at $7 billion (Sh870.7 billion, equivalent to 3.92 months of imports, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said in its weekly bulletin last Friday.

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