{
  "id": 19150609,
  "title": "Illicit cigarette trade costs Kenya 4,700 jobs as illegal market grows to 45%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/illicit-cigarette-trade-costs-kenya-4-700-jobs-as-illegal-market",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-09T12:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/illicit-cigarette-trade-costs-kenya-4700-jobs-as-illegal-market-grows-to-45/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Kenya’s formal tobacco industry lost an estimated 4,700 jobs between 2022 and 2025 as illicit cigarette trade expanded, a new industry report has found. A study by Kantar Insights East Africa, commissioned by British American Tobacco Kenya (BAT Kenya), estimates that the formal tobacco sector supported about 75,300 jobs in 2025, down from 80,000 in [...] The post Illicit cigarette trade costs…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}