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Looming sugar shortage in Kenya as Comesa countries run out of sweetener

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Sugar on a shelf at a local supermarket in Nairobi on May 20, 2023. The price of the commodity is expected to go even higher following an acute shortage of the sweetener in the region. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The price of sugar in the country is likely to go up in the coming months due to the current acute shortage in the Comesa region.

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