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How sub-standard cooking oil found it's way in Kenyan market

Edible oil shipments arrived in the country on diverse dates between May 2023 and November 2023. [Courtesy]

Kenyans could be consuming substandard cooking oil due to negligence by officials from the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC), Senators heard Thursday.

A probe by Senators heard that a total of 73 consignments of cooking oil was imported into the country by KNTC last year, out of which 44 were inspected by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).

The quality assurance agency submitted...