{"id":2481,"date":"2022-03-17T11:24:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2022-03-17T11:24:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:24:35","slug":"russia-says-ukraine-war-not-behind-kenyas-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2481\/russia-says-ukraine-war-not-behind-kenyas-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says Ukraine war not behind Kenya&#8217;s inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".g3zso7nxm0.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6232cda30ce87e491a0efe71.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">The Russian embassy in Kenya has blamed Western sanctions for the rising cost of living in the East African nation.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".g3zso7nxm0.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6232cda30ce87e491a0efe71.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">This is after Kenya&#8217;s presidential spokesperson, Kanze Dena, had blamed Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine for the soaring fuel and food prices in the country.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".g3zso7nxm0.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6232cda30ce87e491a0efe71.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">In an interview, Ms Dena said the rising cost of living was not exclusive to Kenya.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".g3zso7nxm0.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6232cda30ce87e491a0efe71.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">But the embassy blamed the country&#8217;s rising inflation on sanctions imposed on <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?s=Russia\">Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".g3zso7nxm0.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6232cda30ce87e491a0efe71.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">&#8220;The real cause of the increase in prices in Africa is not Russia\u2019s special military operation in Ukraine, but the illegal unilateral &#8216;sanctions&#8217; imposed by the US, EU and their followers on Russia,&#8221; the embassy wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian embassy in Kenya has blamed Western sanctions for the rising cost of living in the East African nation. This is after Kenya&#8217;s presidential spokesperson, Kanze Dena, had blamed Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine for the soaring fuel and food prices in the country. 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