The unga puzzle: Why maize farmers are also queuing for Sh90 flour

A man holds up a board calling for a drop in the price of maize our during last weekend’s NASA rally in Nakuru County. [Photo: Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The politics of maize continues to rage on, the latest twist in the saga being the “sudden” availability of Government of Kenya (GOK) branded flour retailing at Sh90 — an overnight 40-50 per cent drop from last week’s prices of Sh150-180 per 2kg packet.

The opposition was quick to dismiss the move as a cheap or even cynical political ploy in the lead-up to the August General Election, and it remains to be seen how sustainable or broadly distributed the subsidised maize flour will be.