KES

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KES
Stands forKenyan shilling
CategoriesBusiness & Finance

KES stands for Kenyan shilling, a currency abbreviation.

Kenya's currency, issued by the Central Bank of Kenya, divided into 100 cents and commonly abbreviated KSh locally.

Example: The matatu fare into Nairobi's city center is KES 100.

Usage notes

Kenya is a world leader in mobile money: M-Pesa, launched by Safaricom in 2007, lets users send, store and spend shillings by phone. The Kenyan shilling replaced the East African shilling in 1966. Tanzania and Uganda issue their own shillings, coded TZS and UGX.

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