Government directs traders to sell Unga at Sh75

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri addresses a press conference alongside Chief Administrative Secretary, Agriculture and Irrigation Dr Andrew Tuimur (left) and Chairman, United Grain Millers Association, Peter Kuguru, shortly after a meeting with millers and traders, in Nairobi. [David Njaaga/Standard]

You will soon start enjoying cheaper maize flour after the Government directed millers and traders to sell a two-kilogramme packet at Sh75.

The latest bargain price of the key ingredient for making Kenya’s popular staple - ugali - ordered by the State is likely to excite consumers, but also gives a strong indication of a maize glut, which threatens farmers’ earnings.