Kenya finmin urges calm and says shilling in control

Wed Jan 2, 2008 10:25am GMT
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan Finance Minister Amos Kimunya said on Wednesday the shilling was "within control" amid post-election violence, and added that most investors were taking a wait-and-see attitude.

"(The Central Bank) has not raised any alarm. (The shilling) is within control. The international investors don't just start selling investments and leave. People will be on a wait-and-see attitude so there will be little trading," he told Reuters.

"We still have a good comfort zone, so we are not panicking on that," he said, urging calm.

(Reporting by George Obulutsa; editing by David Stamp)

 
 
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