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Why commodity prices are unlikely to decline soon

A customer samples packets of sugar in Mama watoto supermarket in Kakamega Town on March 23, 2023. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Damaris Wamuyu, a single mother of six, has earned a living doing laundry in the sprawling Githogoro slums in Kiambu County for over seven years.

And even though her earnings were meagre, she was always able to provide her children with two or three meals a day. Not anymore.

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