Lobby blames State for botched unga subsidy initiative

Shoppers rushed to buy unga hours after the government struck a deal with maize millers to subsidize flour on July 21, 2022. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

The uncoordinated rollout of government interventions may have precipitated the biting maize flour supply crisis in the country, industry players have said.

According to the Eastern Africa Grain Council's (EAGC) quarterly report to June this year, the exercise could have been conducted better, averting shortages and unprecedented price increases.