CBK introduces new changes to currency notes
Kenyan currency banknote of Sh1000. Courtesy photo
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has introduced new changes to the Kenyan currency banknotes by including signatures and additional security threads.
The changes will affect the Sh50, Sh100, Sh200, Sh500 and Sh1,000 currency banknotes.
According to the press release send to the newsrooms, the notes will now include the signature of CBK Governor Kamau Thugge and that of the Treasury Principal Secretary Dr Chris Kiptoo.
Additionally, the banknotes will bear the year of print 2024, and colour-changing effects that are specific to each denomination.
“The rest of the features will remain the same as those of the series issued in 2019. All banknotes currently in circulation remain legal tender and will circulate alongside the released banknotes,” said CBK in a statement on Wednesday.
The dispatch of the banknotes will commence with the Sh1,000 note while other denominations will progressively follow in the coming months.
