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An attendant arranges cooking oil at Mama Watoto Supermarket in Kakamega town. [File, Standard]
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung'u has defended the government's decision to import 125,000 tons of cooking oil.
Prof Ndung'u, in his reply to a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya, stated that the Cabinet allowed Kenya National Trading Corporation to import oil, beans and rice as the country is experiencing prolonged drought.
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