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Why there is no end in sight to soaring prices in Kenya

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Shoppers at a supermarket in Nyeri town. The cost of many basic commodities has gone through the roof. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Corruption has all of a sudden dropped off the headlines and been replaced by the high cost of living and taxes. Yet the three items are interlinked.

The high cost of living is sometimes driven by forces beyond our control like the war in Ukraine and closer home, drought. All these affect the supply of either food or oil.

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