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Current pain is not all due to Ukraine, Covid-19 pandemic

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

The government has been telling everyone willing to listen that the current economic crisis is due to the war in Ukraine and lingering effects of disruptions to supply chains by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fair. A non-trivial portion of the inflationary pressures being experienced all over the globe are due to these twin shocks. In that sense, Kenya is not unique.

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