No, flour does not cost an average of Sh. 170 for a 2kg pack.

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The price of flour has been cut from sh. 230 to sh. 170. Cooking oil, which cost sh.1800 before, is now sh.1100 for 5kg, and 3kg was sh.1100 before, but is now sh.750 – President William Ruto

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To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We did a price survey of flour in retail stores and observed that major brands of flour cost an average of sh. 210 for a 2kg pack.

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No, flour does not cost an average of Sh. 170 for a 2kg pack.

The main brands of flour retail for an average of sh. 210 for a 2kg pack, not sh. 170 as indicated by President William Ruto on May 14, 2023, in a joint media interview at State House Nairobi, on minute 32:24 of the attached video.

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