On 6 August 2024, the Central Bank of Kenya announced that all notes would be revised with new dates, signatures, and color-shifting security threads specific to each denomination. The 1,000-shilling note is to be issued first, with other denominations following in the coming months as the bank exhausts its supply ofRead More…
All of these new notes bear the image of Kenyatta International Conference Centre. The banknotes also embody each of the big five: buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros, lion, and elephant. Each banknote has a unique theme to show the richness of the people and nature in Kenya (50 shillings, Green Energy; 100Read More…
According to an article dated 24 November 2017 in the Standard Digital, the Central Bank of Kenya intends to introduce new coins and banknotes by the second quarter of 2018. Plans to redesign the currency to remove portraits of real people have been in the works since 2015, but haveRead More…
According to an article on KBC dated 25 September 2015, on National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich says the government has finalized preparations for the new currency whose features would be unveiled on 29 September. Article 231 section 4 of the Constitution prohibits the use of portraits or images ofRead More…
According to an article on allAfrica dated 19 August 2013, this week the government of Kenya may unveil a new set of Kenya banknotes that will be in circulation by February 2015. Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Kimemia said the new 10-, 20-, 50-, 100-, and 1,000-shilling notes will depictRead More…
Like B135f1, but governor’s signature is 23.25-mm wide, not 17.25-mm wide. Prefix AP, AQ. Like B136e1, but governor’s signature is 23.25-mm wide, not 17.25-mm wide. Prefix AJ – AL.All other denominations dated 1st JULY 2001 have been confirmed with 17.25-mm wide signature. Likewise, all other denominations bearing the next date,Read More…
AllAfrica has an excellent article dated 13 April 2012 concerning the history of De La Rue’s contracts to print banknotes for the Central Bank of Kenya.Read More…
According to an article in The Star dated 8 March 2012 and an article in the Daily Nation dated 7 March 2012, the Central Bank of Kenya “hereby invites individuals, institutions, institutions, organizations and professional bodies to present in writing, proposals on elements/features to be considered for incorporation in theRead More…
All six denominations (50 to 1,000 shillings) have been confirmed dated 16th JULY 2010 and bearing new signatures (Njuguna S. Ndung’u and unknown). Courtesy of Richard Miranda, John B. Silver, Andrew Roberts, and Bill Stubkjaer.Read More…
According to an article in The East African dated 4 April 2011, Kenya’s new constitution requires that names of individuals be removed from the front of banknotes and coins. The country’s current notes, originally issued in 2004, all feature a named portrait of Kenya’s first president, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. ThisRead More…