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Poor Kenyans eat more fish as rich prefer meat

Ugali and Omena delicacy affected by overpricing of flour in shops and wholesales in Kibera from the government subsidised price of 80 shillings to 100 shillings and 110 shillings.

Despite complaints of fish being expensive, a new study has found that the delicacy is more popular than meat among the poor.

A new study on the consumption patterns of meat in Kenya by Kenya Markets Trust, a non-governmental organisation, found that it is the rich and middle-income Kenyans who eat more meat.

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