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How 'forced economy' is a money minter for insiders

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe when he announced the lifting of the ban on wearing of masks in public places on March 11, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

With the stroke of a pen, mask sellers were left with dead stock.

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