India topples UAE as Kenya’s second largest imports market

India has reclaimed its position as Kenya’s second largest source market, replacing the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose shipments have fallen by double-digits on relatively stabilising prices of petroleum products.

Analysis of official trade numbers for the first three months of the year shows traders spent Sh72.01 billion to buy goods from the giant South Asian country, a modest 9.89 percent growth over a similar period last year.