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Who Owns De La Rue? Company That Print Kenyan Currency

Who Owns De La Rue? Company That Print Kenyan Currency

To begin with, Kenyan currency is printed in a company known as De La Rue in Nairobi, the company has also been responsible for producing valuable documents such as the first national identity cards, and most notable is the printing and production of Kenyan notes. The company has its headquarters in the Basingstoke United Kingdom and was founded by Thomas De la Rue in around 1831. Despite…

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Kenya coins replace leaders with animals

Kenya coins replace leaders with animals

By BBC 

Kenya has dropped the images of presidents from newly minted cash coins, in what is seen as an attempt to prevent their glorification.

Previous coins bore the images of Kenya’s three ex-rulers: Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki.

  Many Kenyans saw this as an attempt by their leaders to promote themselves, and to personalise the state.

The new ones have images of the country’s…

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