Connect with us

General News

Kenya: Fury After KFC Offers Ugali After Running Out of Imported Potatoes for Chips

Published

4 years ago

on

[ad_1]

Nairobi — Kenyans on Tuesday expressed their disappointed after Fast food chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced it had run out of imported potatoes and thus substituted chips with alternatives such as ugali in its menu.

In its outlets and online, the food chain had issued a notice advising customers to choose the substitutes such as such as ugali, coleslaw, snack buns, cobs, extra chicken.

“Fam it was truly a Furaha December. Mlikula sherehe with your KFC faves. Ya’ll loved our chips a little too much, and we’ve run out,” KFC tweeted.

“Sorry! Our team is working hard to resolve the issue. In the meantime here are some SWAP options for combo meals if you are craving our Kuku.”

Fam it was truly a Furaha December. 🥳 Mlikula sherehe with your KFC faves. Ya’ll loved our chips a little too much, and we’ve run out. Sorry! Our team is working hard to resolve the issue. In the meantime here are some SWAP options for combo meals if you are craving our Kuku. pic.twitter.com/ylvnqxtPD0

— KFC Kenya (@KFCinKenya) January 3, 2022

Reports indicate that KFC imports its potatoes from Egypt, the Netherlands, South Africa among others.

Kenyans online have nonetheless, not handled the issue lightly with majority faulting the multinational for abandoning local farmers who produce potatoes.

Under a hashtag, BoycottKFC, Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) are lobbying others to abandon the services.