Currently, the government has announced an intent to import at least 490,000 metric tonnes of duty-free rice.
Kenya exports its high-quality rice that fetches good prices at the international market before it imports cheap low-quality rice, Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has said.
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