Kenyan Presidential Aspirant Karua Urges Cut in Food Imports
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Kenyan presidential hopeful Martha Karua said the government should increase spending on domestic food production to cut import costs that are fueling inflation.
“We must give incentives to farmers to make them grow more food,” Karua said in an interview on Sept. 6 in Nairobi. “Why should we favor farmers from outside Kenya, buying their products at exorbitant prices, when we could buy at reasonable prices from our farmers?”