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Miraa farmers raise alarm over cartels, low prices

A miraa vendor preparing his miraa for sale at Kongowea Market in Mombasa County on October 19, 2021. [File, Standard]

For the last few months Erick Gitonga has been harvesting loads of miraa and feeding part of it to livestock.

The miraa prices have plummeted drastically forcing farmers to sell at throwaway prices.

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