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Anne Waiguru calls for strict rules on cheap rice imports to shield Mwea farmers from unfair competition

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Governor Anne Waiguru has urged the government to control importation of cheap rice in order to shield local growers from unfair competition. 

The governor who was addressing a rally in Kiorugari and Kombo-ini in Mwea on Wednesday said that despite the region producing most of the rice in the country, farmers have remained impoverished due to competition from cheap imports. 

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