Kapa Oil operates below capacity on lack of dollar

Detergents from Kapa Oil Refinery, Kenya, being reloaded into a Tanzanian registered truck at the Namanga border crossing. PHOTO | ANTHONY KAMAU | NMG

Kapa Oil Refineries has become the second edible oil producer after Pwani Oil to reveal how the dollar shortage in the midst of raw material rationing has disrupted its manufacturing.

The maker of a range of cooking oil and soap brands like Rina vegetable oil as well as Toss detergents said on Tuesday it was operating below its capacity at its refineries, citing the dollar shortage and constraints in the global supply chain for crude palm oil.

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