How traders preyed on subsidy to bring in huge stocks of food

A packet of 2kg Jogoo maize meal retailing at Sh115 at Naivas Supermarket on Moi Avenue

NAIROBI, KENYA: Importers took advantage of the Government’s political move to offer subsidies to smuggle in billions of shillings worth of goods without paying taxes.

While the Government sacrificed import duty between April 2017 and October 2017, activities in the shipping of goods into the country went up 22 per cent, according to data tracked by the Financial Standard.