A BLUE NOTE FROM KENYA

This is the 20 shilling (shilingi) note from Kenya, issued in 1989. This lovely coloured note has president Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi  on the front with the Moi international sport centre on the back.

more kenyan notes HERE

 

UGANDA

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in east central Africa. Its capital city is Kampala. In 1888 the British put Uganda under the control of the British East Africa Company, In 1962, Uganda gained its independence but retained their commonwealth membership. In 1967 it was declared as a republic with Milton Obote as the President. four years later Idi Amin  seized power with a military coup d'etat and promply expelled all asians from the country as well as carrying out mass executions of ugandans. He was deposed in 1979, reinstating Obote., who himself was deposed in 1985 and in 1986 the present day president Yoweri Museveni to power.

Monetary units:
1 Shiling = 100 cents

Avove is the 1998, 50 Shilingi note with the coat of arms on the front left and the parliament building on the reverse.

TANZANIA

The United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa with a capital city of Dodoma. In the 19th Century , Germany conquered all the mainland areas of Tanzania (not Zanzibar) and incorporated it into German East Africa. After World War I, the area became a British Mandate until Independence in 1961 when it was called the Republic of Tanganyika and then in 1964 , after joining with Zanzibar became the United Republic of Tanzania.

Monetary Unit: 1 Shilingi = 100 senti

The Note above is the 500 Shilingi note from 1997 with a giraffe and zebra on the front and a woman harvesting cloves on the reverse.

KENYA

The Republic of Kenya took its independence from Britain in 1963 and had its capital city as Nairobi. for the first few years notes of the East African Currency Board still circulated until it introduced its own system in 1966.

Monetary unit: 1 Shilling (Shillingi) = 100 Cents

The note above is the 5 Shillingi note from 1982 with President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi  on the front and a mountain scene with girraffes and oxen on the reverse.