Kenyans feel pinch facing steep rise in food prices

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Kenyans feel pinch facing steep rise in food prices

STORY: Kenyans feel pinch facing steep rise in food prices DATELINE: March 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Toi market in Nairobi 2. STANDUP 1 (English): LIU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE (English): FRANCIS NDEGE, Owner of cereal store 4. various of cereal stores and other agricultural commodities 5. STANDUP 2 (English): LIU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): LIU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent "Kenyans are caught in a grip of higher food prices brought about by a combination of adverse weather, rising input costs, which have been worsened by the Ukraine crisis. The prices for the staple commodities in the food basket used to compute inflation by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, such as maize flour, wheat flour, Irish potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cabbages, kales, and cooking oil, rose by an average of 20 percent in January 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. By the end of February 2022, 3.1 million Ken

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