CS Henry Rotich says Unga to retail at Sh115 by next Monday

Fred Kibor admires sorghum at the Kenya Seed Company exhibition farm in Eldoret. Farmers have been challenged to opt for alternative crop farming instead of over reliance on maize farming alone. Soil experts have noted that the most commonly used DiAmmonium Phosphate (DAP) has made soil acidic which in turn has reduced crop production volumes. 04-04-2017. PHOTO BY: KEVIN TUNOI

The price of a two-kilogramme packet of maize flour is expected to fall to Sh115 in a week after the National Treasury zero-rated the grain took effect.

The Ministry of Agriculture also released one million 90-kg bags of the commodity which they said would be sold to traders at a subsidised price of Sh3, 000, thus bringing down the cost of maize by “some margin”, according to Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich.