Kenyan shilling banknotes and coins sit arranged at a market stall in Mombasa, Kenya, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. The country’s Treasury has already cut this year’s growth target to 5 percent from 5.9 percent as the protracted election furor damped investment and a drought curbed farm output. Photographer: Luis Tato/Bloomberg

NAIROBI, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The Kenyan shilling was steady against the dollar on Friday, London Stock Exchange Group data showed.

At 0655 GMT, the shilling traded at 128.50/129.50 per dollar, the same as Thursday’s closing rate.

(Reporting by Sonia Rao; Editing by George Obulutsa)