How KFC in Kenya got fried over its chip shortage

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Kenyans called for a KFC boycott after it was discovered that its fries were imported from Egypt.

In our series of letters from African journalists, Kenyan broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura writes about what the recent row over KFC French fries says about farming in his country.

But never have I considered the act as being a political or economic statement about global agricultural trade and Kenya's place in it. The chain does not source potatoes locally, despite them being commonly grown and farmers having to sell them at low prices.Potatoes are, in fact, Kenya's second-most consumed crop after maize, and are cultivated mostly by small-scale farmers.

 

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Bit racist is this. A photo of a black woman in a story about a fried chicken company.

Trash food.

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What has an American company operating in Kenya got to do with the British Broadcasting Corporations United Kingdom News Twitter feed?

making the whole world fat...

Junk food 👎

You gotta ask yourself, what is Paul Pogba's involvement in all of this

This is an excellent and interesting story about locally sourced foods/materials being eschewed for the corrupt global supply chain where big businesses and politicians are being paid off

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