Prepare well for maize imports to avert crisis, Government told

Already, in the last two weeks, retailers have adjusted up prices for the 2kg bag to Sh120. [Standard]

The Government has been told to adequately prepare for the importation of maize before July when the country is set to run out of its stock.   

Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, a public think-tank, said in a statement that importation of the cereal will help shield consumers from the ravages of the ongoing drought even as it averts a defective subsidy programme as the one of 2017.