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Article The High Court has cleared the way for a petition challenging the government’s latest duty-free rice import programme amid concerns over its impact on local farmers and the transparency and legality of the 490,000-tonne import quota.
The fresh dispute follows earlier litigation in which the Kerugoya High Court imposed controls on duty-free rice imports authorised under Gazette Notices issued in 2025 and January 2026.
The legal dispute concerns a Gazette Notice published on July 6, 2026 by the National Treasury, authorising duty-free importation of 490,000 metric tonnes of Grade One milled white rice by November 30.
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