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CBK warns Kenyans in opposition to “cash bouquet” as Valentines beckons

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Last updated: February 3, 2026 2:47 pm
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Published: February 3, 2026
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The Central Financial institution of Kenya has warned residents in opposition to utilizing banknotes to create bouquets and decorations that resemble flowers, as this observe has turn out to be more and more in style.

Celebrities and web influencers have made them in style by posting movies of themselves delivering these bouquets at events, and they’re ceaselessly ordered within the lead-up to Valentine’s Day.

Notes of assorted colors and values are rolled after which secured collectively in a style that resembles a bunch of flowers to create the money bouquets. Nonetheless, the Central Financial institution of Kenya (CBK) claims that the artists are defacing Kenyan forex and that they is perhaps imprisoned for seven years.

The banknotes are ceaselessly “folded, coiled, glued, stapled, pinned or in any other case affixed utilizing adhesives or fastening supplies… damaging their integrity,” in keeping with the CBK.

In accordance with the CBK’s assertion launched on Monday, this was having an influence on units like cash-counting machines and automatic teller machines (ATMs). It additional acknowledged that the money flowers had resulted in additional notes being rejected and pointless bills for the financial institution and the final inhabitants to exchange the forex.

The financial institution, nevertheless, acknowledged that it didn’t object to the utilization of money as items and suggested individuals to seek out different signifies that wouldn’t hurt the banknotes.

Since Kenya is without doubt one of the world’s main flower-growing international locations, some individuals have praised the transfer, arguing that contemporary flowers would make a extra significant Valentine’s Day reward on February 14.

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