Kenyan shilling
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The Kenyan shilling is the official monetary unit of Kenya, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kenyan shilling canonical | 26 |
| KSh | 2 |
| KES | 1 |
| Kenyan shillings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T648447 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenyan shilling Context triple: [Kenya, currency, Kenyan shilling]
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A.
East African shilling
The East African shilling is a proposed common currency intended to be used by member states of the East African Community to promote regional economic integration.
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B.
Ugandan shilling
The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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C.
Somali shilling
The Somali shilling is the official currency of Somalia, used primarily in domestic cash transactions despite the country’s prolonged political and economic instability.
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D.
Ethiopian birr
The Ethiopian birr is the official fiat currency of Ethiopia, issued by the National Bank of Ethiopia and used for all major economic transactions in the country.
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E.
Ghanaian cedi
The Ghanaian cedi is the official national currency of Ghana, used for everyday transactions and monetary policy in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenyan shilling Target entity description: The Kenyan shilling is the official monetary unit of Kenya, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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A.
East African shilling
The East African shilling is a proposed common currency intended to be used by member states of the East African Community to promote regional economic integration.
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B.
Ugandan shilling
The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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C.
Somali shilling
The Somali shilling is the official currency of Somalia, used primarily in domestic cash transactions despite the country’s prolonged political and economic instability.
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D.
Ethiopian birr
The Ethiopian birr is the official fiat currency of Ethiopia, issued by the National Bank of Ethiopia and used for all major economic transactions in the country.
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E.
Ghanaian cedi
The Ghanaian cedi is the official national currency of Ghana, used for everyday transactions and monetary policy in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| belongsToCurrencyFamily | shilling ⓘ |
| centralBank |
CBK
ⓘ
Central Bank of Kenya ⓘ |
| circulationStatus | in circulation ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknote
ⓘ
coin ⓘ |
| hasPluralName |
Kenyan shillings
ⓘ
linked to:
Kenyan shilling
|
| hasSecurityFeatures |
holographic elements on some banknotes
ⓘ
security threads on banknotes ⓘ watermarks on banknotes ⓘ |
| introduced | 1966 ⓘ |
| isLegalTender | true ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code |
KES
ⓘ
linked to:
Kenyan shilling
|
| isPegged | false ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Kenya ⓘ |
| localAbbreviation |
KSh
ⓘ
linked to:
Kenyan shilling
|
| localName | shilingi ya Kenya ⓘ |
| localNameLanguage | Swahili ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | Central Bank of Kenya ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | decimal ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Kenya ⓘ |
| region | East Africa ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | East African shilling ⓘ |
| subunit | cent ⓘ |
| subunitRatio | 100 cents = 1 Kenyan shilling ⓘ |
| symbol |
KSh
ⓘ
linked to:
Kenyan shilling
|
| typicalBanknoteDenominations |
100 Kenyan shillings
ⓘ
1000 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 200 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 50 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 500 Kenyan shillings ⓘ |
| typicalCoinDenominations |
1 Kenyan shilling
ⓘ
1 Kenyan shilling cent ⓘ 10 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 20 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 40 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 5 Kenyan shillings ⓘ |
| usedBy |
businesses in Kenya
ⓘ
government of Kenya ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Kenya
residents of Kenya ⓘ |
| usedFor |
banking transactions in Kenya
ⓘ
electronic payments in Kenya ⓘ everyday transactions in Kenya ⓘ financial operations in Kenya ⓘ pricing goods and services in Kenya ⓘ tax payments in Kenya ⓘ wages and salaries in Kenya ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kenyan shilling Description of subject: The Kenyan shilling is the official monetary unit of Kenya, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kenyan shilling
linked to: Kenyan shilling
linked to: Kenyan shilling
linked to: Kenyan shilling
subject linked to:
CBK
subject linked to:
shilingi ya Kenya
subject linked to:
Sotik (historically partly)