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Guinness Nigeria, a subsidiary of Diageo, will cease importing and distributing Diageo’s global brands, such as Johnnie Walker, starting April 2024 in a strategic shift that the firm says will help cushion itself from persistent forex hits. Instead, Johnnie Walker owner Diageo will establish a new subsidiary to import and distribute its range of spirits in the West and Central African markets after ending its seven-year-old contract with Guinness Nigeria.

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Nairobi will continue purchasing fuel on credit from three state-owned Gulf oil marketers until December 2024 in a plan the government is banking on to ease piling pressure on Kenya’s forex reserves.
The move comes in the wake of high expenditure on oil imports even as Kenya remains a net importer grappling with a widening trade deficit that hit $10.8 billion last year. Last year, Kenya’s expenditure on imports rose by 17.5 per cent to $16.9 billion (KSh2.5 trillion), despite growing export volumes.

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