Kenya’s food imports jump 58pc in January

A man transports a sack of maize into Kenya from Uganda at the Busia border. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya’s food imports jumped 58.33 per cent in January compared to a year earlier, reflecting last year’s deficit in production as a result of poor rainfall.

The country’s food import bill shot to Sh20.9 billion from Sh13.2 billion in January 2017, fresh data by the Kenya national Bureau of Statistics shows.

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