Millers keeping prices up to fleece hungry Kenyans

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Just as the hull of IVS Pinehurst, the ship ferrying 229,900 metric tonnes of maize was docking at the Grain Bulk facility in Mombasa, millers were crafting a narrative that it will barely scratch the surface of the biting shortage.

Cereal Millers Association (CMA) said since only a small number of millers will have access to maize from the first vessel; majority will continue to purchase from the market and nothing much would change.