Maize flour shortage fears after millers warn of cashflow hitch

A woman shops for subsidised maize flour in Nakuru on July 21. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

Millers say they are facing a biting cash crunch that threatens to ground their operations over bills owed by the State under the recent maize flour subsidy programme, which raises fresh fears of flour shortages.

The warning comes a day after President William Ruto criticised the maize flour subsidy programme that cost billions of shillings as inefficient and prone to fraud.