This was revealed when the Turkey Ambassador to Kenya, H.E. Ahmet Cemil Miroglu paid a courtesy call on the UoN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama on Wednesday February 12, 2020.

H.E. Ahmet Cemil expressed his interest in increasing cooperation between the Turkey and Kenyan institutions of Higher Learning that will enhance faculty exchange. He noted that since the yearly scholarships started being offered in 2012 only 208 Kenyan students have benefited so far and only 15 from the University of Nairobi.

Date               Currency                       Mean          Buy           Sell

12/02/2020     AE DIRHAM                   27.3951    27.3653     27.4250

12/02/2020     KES / TSHS                  22.9563    22.8838     23.0288

12/02/2020     CHINESE YUAN           14.4095    14.3926    14.4264

12/02/2020     NOR KRONER            10.8888     10.8756    10.9020

12/02/2020     SINGAPORE DOL       72.4583      72.3733    72.5434

12/02/2020     HONGKONG DOL       12.9585      12.9456    12.9714

According to the Central Bank of Kenya, commercial banks quoted the shilling against the dollar at an average of 100.57 yesterday, a slight decrease from a closing average of 100.55 recorded last Friday .

The shilling has been strengthening against the green buck since the beginning of the year. On January 1, the shilling traded at 100.74 against the US currency after trading above 100 margin in 2019.