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High commodity prices push cost of living through the roof

A shopper at Samrat Supermarket in Nyeri .[Kibata Kihu,Standard]

Kenyans might have been spared when the proposed 16 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on bread was struck out in the Finance Bill, 2021, but this has offered little relief on the high cost of living.

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