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US overtakes Uganda as top buyer of Kenyan goods

President William Ruto during a roundtable meeting with Kenya - US business executives in New York. PHOTO | PSCU

By  Timothy Odinga

Data journalist

Nation Media Group

The United States has overtaken Uganda as the largest buyer of Kenyan goods, ending Kampala’s dominance as the top market for Kenya’s exports.

Official data show that exports to the US jumped 47 percent to Sh38.8 billion in the first half of the year on the back of increased sales of clothes.

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