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

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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).

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