Relief for consumers as rice price to drop on waiver of 35 per cent duty

Residents of Gaturi in Murang’a County harvest rice on November 25, 2022. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG

The cost of rice is expected to drop by 35 per cent starting February after the government abolishes the 35 per cent duty that is levied on the produce.

Kenya imports at least 80 per cent of rice consumed locally in order to fill the huge shortfall in production.

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