Kenyans abroad send home Sh6.3bn weekly despite pandemic

Kenyans living abroad sent home an average Sh6.33 billion weekly in 2020 despite the economic weigh-down of the Covid-19 pandemic, new data shows.

Fresh Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) data shows that diaspora remittances hit Sh329.41 billion ($3.094 billion) last year, being a growth of 10.7 percent from Sh285.23 billion ($2.796 billion) that was sent home the previous year.