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Kiunjuri lifts cap on maize deliveries, leaves consumers to market forces

Trucks and tractors queue to deliver maize at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) Eldoret Depot. [Kevin Tunoi/Standard]

Farmers can now deliver as much maize as they can to the Government, after a cap limiting them to delivering not more than 400 bags was removed yesterday.

The restriction that was removed by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri hopes to put food prices in check.

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