Nandi County senator Samson Cherargei has said state agencies and officers should learn to respond to the Executive using respectable channels. In an apparent swipe at the Central Bank of Kenya, Cherargei said it was "bad manners" to respond to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua through a presser or social media. "To all state agencies and officers, stop responding to our DP Gachagua through social media and pressers," he said. "First, following the complete liberalization of the foreign exchange market in the 1990s, all foreign exchange for private transactions is obtained from commercial banks," the statement read. It added:"CBK does not supply foreign exchange for transactions other than for the National Government or CBK's operations.

Source: The Star October 04, 2022 04:21 UTC