{"id":693,"date":"2026-10-08T15:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=693"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:11:24","slug":"kenya-shilling-exchange-rates-dollar-trades-at-ksh129-94-as-cbk-releases-october-8-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Shilling Exchange Rates: Dollar Trades at KSh129.94 as CBK Releases October 8 Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kenyan shilling is trading at\u00a0<strong>KSh129.94 against the US dollar<\/strong>, according to the latest daily exchange rates published by the\u00a0Central Bank of Kenya\u00a0(CBK) on\u00a0<strong>Thursday, October 8, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CBK\u2019s daily rate sheet shows the British pound trading at\u00a0<strong>KSh171.62<\/strong>, while the euro is quoted at\u00a0<strong>KSh145.37<\/strong>.The Japanese yen, quoted for 100 yen, stands at\u00a0<strong>KSh82.15<\/strong>.Among regional and African currencies, the Uganda shilling is trading at\u00a0<strong>KSh31.16<\/strong>, while the Tanzanian shilling stands at\u00a0<strong>KSh20.27<\/strong>. The Rwandan franc is quoted at\u00a0<strong>KSh11.34<\/strong>, while the South African rand is trading at\u00a0<strong>KSh7.80<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">image source: Central Bank of Kenya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/leo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/leo.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/leo-212x300.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CBK exchange rates for October 8, 2026CurrencyExchange rate in KESUS Dollar (USD)<strong>129.94<\/strong>British Pound (GBP)<strong>171.62<\/strong>Euro (EUR)<strong>145.37<\/strong>Japanese Yen (100 JPY)<strong>82.15<\/strong>Uganda Shilling (UGX)<strong>31.16<\/strong>Tanzania Shilling (TZS)<strong>20.27<\/strong>Rwanda Franc (RWF)<strong>11.34<\/strong>South African Rand (ZAR)<strong>7.80<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rates provide a reference for businesses, travellers, importers, exporters and financial institutions dealing in foreign currencies. Actual commercial bank and forex-bureau rates may differ depending on buying and selling spreads and other charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures are contained in the CBK\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Daily KES Exchange Rates<\/strong>\u00a0for October 8, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kenyan shilling is trading at\u00a0KSh129.94 against the US dollar, according to the latest daily exchange rates published by the\u00a0Central Bank of Kenya\u00a0(CBK) on\u00a0Thursday, October 8, 2026. The CBK\u2019s daily rate sheet shows the British pound trading at\u00a0KSh171.62, while the euro is quoted at\u00a0KSh145.37.The Japanese yen, quoted for 100 yen, stands at\u00a0KSh82.15.Among regional and African [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}