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To export or not to export? Why question has plagued macadamia trade for years

By James Wanzala | Aug. 30, 2016
Macadamia

NAIROBI: Seven years is long enough for people to forget many things. However, the debate on macadamia trade has defied this test of time.

In 2009, then Agriculture Minister William Ruto declared the exportation of raw macadamia nuts illegal.

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