UK, US top recipients of hard cash from Kenya

CBK survey  on cross-border movement of cash found the repatriation is mainly through air cash couriers.

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The United Kingdom, the US and South Sudan top the list of countries that receive large amounts of physical US dollars, euros and British pounds that are airlifted from Kenya amid limited regulatory oversight.

A Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) survey on cross-border movement of cash found the repatriation is mainly through air cash couriers (59 percent) followed by air cargo shipment (35 percent) and road (six percent).

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.