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Fact-check: Can a machine make one million chapatis a day?

Chapati making machine.[Photo, Courtesy]

Since yesterday, Kenyans' interest in chapatis has surged, fueled by President William Ruto's promise to provide chapati-making machines to schools.

Speaking at St. Theresa Girls Secondary School in Mathare, accompanied by Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, Ruto announced plans to supply a high-capacity machine capable of producing up to one million chapatis daily.

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