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Storm over cooking oil billions: State digs in on own import plan

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A customer purchases cooking oil at a supermarket in Kakamega town. [File, Standard]

A plan to lower the cost of cooking oil is degenerating into a fight pitting the government against manufacturers.

In the plan, the government will import about 150,000 tonnes of cooking oil, which will flood the market with expectations of lowering prices.

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