UN alarmed by Kenya’s ‘abnormal’ maize prices

Cereals traders sort out grains at Gakoromone Market in Meru town. The price of a 2kg tin of maize has shot up to Sh120 from Sh100 two months ago. [PHOTO: Peter Muthomi/Standard]

The United Nations (UN) has issued a red alert about the spike in the price of maize in Kenya, saying it could negatively impact access to food.

In its latest Food Price Monitoring and Analysis Bulletin, UN’s Food and Agricultural organisation (FAO) cites Kenya as one of the countries where prices of basic food commodities are at “abnormally high levels.”