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Scarcity of maize, wheat and beans led to rise in retail prices

Kenya’s largest contributor to overall economic growth, agriculture, has recorded the slowest growth in five years during the second quarter of the year on account of reduced rainfall.

The latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show that growth in agriculture, forestry, and fishing decelerated to 1.4 per cent during the quarter under review from 7.1 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2016.

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