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Kenyan grain traders lock horns with Ugandan rivals
A trader sells fresh maize. Data indicates that Kenya is the highest importer of grain from the region followed by Tanzania. Photo/ANTHONY KAMAU
By RAWLINGS OTINI
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Posted Monday, August 16 2010 at 00:00
Posted Monday, August 16 2010 at 00:00
The amount is imported both from the East African region and South Africa.
A recent government study, the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey, shows that in spite of the negative effects of economic liberalisation and privatisation in the 1990s, most Kenyan farmers still have faith in maize — so much so that 90 per cent of them regularly invest in the crop.
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