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Kenya reduces Russian arms purchases and imports more wheat

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The war in Ukraine has changed trade between Kenya and Russia: Moscow has fallen among Nairobi’s arms suppliers, while Kenyan imports of Russian wheat have increased. The development is described by Dominic Omondi, a Business Daily economic journalist, who highlights the effect of wheat prices in Russia on these supplies.

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