Reaching the desk and what is worth writing about

The contact address exists so a figure can be checked, a source can be named, or a correction can be dated. This page says what the desk does with a message, what it cannot answer, and how it earns.

Email: editor@shillingdeskke.pages.dev

What the desk does

The Shilling Rate Desk desk is an independent editorial desk. It is not a broker, not an exchange, not a licensed adviser, and it holds no client money. Its subject is one measurement: the official rate is the Central Bank of Kenya's weighted average of interbank spot trades for the latest trading day; the open-market rate is the median of credible Binance P2P advertisements for USDT in shillings; the gap is the open-market rate over the official rate. The figures are taken from named public sources and republished with the date and the hour they were read. Every table names its sources and links to them, so a reader can check the figure at its publisher.

Responsibility sits with the publication's editorial desk. The desk reads the sources on a fixed schedule and answers corrections. A correction is dated on the page where the wrong figure appeared. No person's name is given because the desk is the responsible party, not an individual. The desk does not promise that a figure is right; it promises that a wrong figure will be corrected once it is shown to be wrong. A reader who finds a figure that looks wrong should write to the address on this page with the source that shows the correct figure.

What is worth writing about

A figure that looks wrong is the first thing worth writing about. The desk checks every message against the named source, and if the source says something different from what the table shows, the table is corrected and the correction is dated. A source that has moved or closed is also worth writing about. The desk relies on public sources, and when one disappears, the desk needs to know so it can find a replacement or stop publishing that row. A question about how the measurement is taken is welcome. The method is described on the page that carries the table, but a reader who wants to know why the official rate is a weighted average or why the open-market rate is a median of P2P advertisements can ask and the desk will answer from the same method it already publishes.

A correction is the reason the address exists. When a reader writes to say a figure is wrong, the desk checks the figure against the source. If the figure is wrong, the desk corrects it on the same page and adds a note with the date of the correction. The note says what was changed and when. The desk does not hide a correction by rewriting the page silently. A reader who relies on the table can see that a figure was corrected and when. The desk does not promise to answer every message within a fixed time, but it does promise to read every message that is about a figure, a source, or the method.

What this desk cannot answer

The desk cannot give personal investment advice. It cannot tell a reader whether to buy or sell dollars, whether to hold shillings, or what a reader should do with a figure. The figures describe what things cost, not what a reader should do. The desk cannot help with a broker's account. It does not open accounts, does not handle deposits or withdrawals, and cannot see a reader's balance or trades. The desk cannot give tips. It does not predict the rate, does not say whether the gap will widen or narrow, and does not recommend a time to transact. A reader who asks for a tip will not get one.

The desk cannot answer questions about a specific transaction. It does not know what rate a bank or a P2P seller gave a reader, and it cannot say whether a reader got a good deal. The desk publishes a measurement, not a record of every transaction. The desk cannot answer questions about a broker's terms or a P2P platform's rules. Those are operated by someone else, under their own terms and their own privacy policy. The desk cannot answer questions about a reader's personal data. It does not collect any.

How the desk earns

The site links to one broker, FxPro, through an affiliate link, and is paid a commission if a reader opens an account there. The reader pays nothing to this site and nothing extra at the broker. The commission does not change the figures on this site. The desk does not take money from readers, does not charge for access, and does not sell subscriptions. The site has no accounts, no login, no newsletter and no comment form. It sets no cookie of its own, runs no analytics and stores nothing in the reader's browser. The pages are served by a hosting provider which, like any web host, keeps its own technical request logs; the site's publisher does not read a reader's personal data out of them.

The affiliate link is the only way the desk earns. A reader who does not want to use the link can visit the broker's site directly, and the desk earns nothing. The broker's own site is operated by someone else, under its own terms and its own privacy policy, and following the link leaves this site. The desk does not endorse the broker, does not say the broker is safe, and does not say a reader should open an account. The link is there because the desk has to earn something to keep the site online, and it is disclosed on this page and on the terms page.