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Thousands of lose jobs as Kenyans hit by Trump's tough policies

CBK governor Kamau Thugge estimates that Kenya’s exports to the US to drop to $100 million in value from $650 million

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by JACKTONE LAWI

News14 April 2025 - 15:40
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A Kenyan worker wears a dust mask as she works at the export processing zone limited factory/FILE

Mary Kemunto, a mother of three from Umoja estate has been working at an Export Processing Zone that deals in apparel manufacturing located in Lucky Summer, Nairobi for almost a decade now.

For her, she only hears of Donald Trump on television, but with the stroke of a pen, the American President has put her job on the line after imposing a 10 per cent baseline tariff on Kenyan exports to the US market.

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