The shilling held steady yesterday thanks to the Central Bank's tight rein on banking liquidity and traders bet inflows from tourism and Kenyans sending money home from abroad would drive it higher. At 0715 GMT, commercial banks posted the shilling at 85.75/95 per dollar, barely changed from Friday's close of 85.80/86.000. "Kenyans in the diaspora normally send money home (ahead of the Christmas holidays), that might give us some good support on the shilling," said Robert Gatobu, a trader at Bank of Africa...
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