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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