Kenya launches new bank notes to tame illicit currency Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge displays some of the new look Kenyan shilling bank notes at a press conference at his office in Nairobi. He announces that the old 1,000 shilling banknotes will be withdrawn by 1 October to combat money laundering. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya presenting the new bank notes