How plunging UK pound against dollar is affecting Kenya

A trader holding ten pound sterling notes as a customer pays for goods at Whitechapel Market in east London. PHOTO | AFP

A unit of sterling pound has fallen below Sh130 levels against the shilling for the first time since the peak of Covid restrictions, portending lower cost of imports from the UK, while hurting export earnings for farm produce to that European country.

The shilling opened trading on Tuesday at 129.97 units against the pound before losing a bit of ground to exchange around 130 units later in the afternoon.

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