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Kenya imports Sh55bn rice annually as appetite for delicacy grows
Kenya has an estimated annual rice deficit of 770,000 metric tonnes with the growing appetite for the popular staple by households far outweighing local production. Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that Kenya's annual rice …