Kenya’s new kitchen crisis brewed in Asia

A weak shilling and a host of disruptive factors in some of the country’s key source markets have led to a spike in retail prices. [Standard, file] 

What started as a rumour of a sharp increase in the prices of cooking oil quickly turned into a protest, as the kitchen crisis worsened.

As expected, most shoppers were incensed by the “greedy” retailers. No one blamed the market. Perhaps because the market is abstract and distant.