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Rein in cartels behind fake medicines trade

Kenyans could be buying their way to an early grave. [Courtesy]

The wanton sale of substandard and counterfeit medicines across the country is fast becoming a public health crisis. In what has become a dangerous trend, crooked importers are minting money from fake pharmaceutical products while endangering lives of Kenyans.

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