{
  "id": 7780850,
  "title": "Kagwe reveals how brokers are worsening Kenya’s milk shortage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kagwe-reveals-how-brokers-are-worsening-kenyas-milk-shortage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:41:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/business/kagwe-reveals-how-brokers-are-worsening-kenyas-milk-shortage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kenya’s milk shortage is being driven by two pressures at the same time: drought is reducing production while brokers are attracting farmers away from cooperatives by offering better prices, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has said. The development is leaving some supermarkets with reduced milk stocks even as milk continues to be sold through informal […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "CS Kagwe explains why milk prices are still high despite the govt minimum price",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/cs-kagwe-explains-why-milk-prices-are-still-high-despite-the-govt",
        "published": "2026-09-16T11:23:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}