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Kenya has dropped the images of presidents from newly minted cash coins, in what is seen as an attempt to prevent their glorification.
Previous coins bore the images of Kenya’s three ex-rulers: Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki.
Many Kenyans saw this as an attempt by their leaders to promote themselves, and to personalise the state.
The new ones have images of the country’s famous wildlife, including lions, elephants, giraffes and rhinos.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta – the son of Kenya’s first leader Jomo Kenyatta – said the new coins were a “big change” and showed “our nation has come a long way”.
All three of the incumbent’s predecessors had their images printed on the currency during their rule.
Mr Kibaki, who won elections in 2002 ending Mr. Moi’s 24-year rule, broke a promise not to have his image printed on money.
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