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Fed up Kenyans kick up a storm over high food prices, living cost

The situation has been aggravated by bad weather, high taxes and the negative effects of Covid-19, with prices rising 8.9 per cent in January. [Courtesy]

Prolonged drought, high taxes on farm inputs and fuel as well as the Covid-19 pandemic have colluded to throw Kenyans into a tailspin of an unprecedented high cost of living.

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