Crisis looms as millers warn of 'unga' shortage

Members of Cereal Millers Association (CMA) Chairman Nick Hutchinson (right) with stakeholders (from left) Paloma Fernandes and Rajan Shah when they appeared before National Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture to discuss the current Maize Flour crisis at Parliament Buildings Nairobi (PHOTO: Moses Omusula/Standard)

The availability of cheap Ugali on the table of most Kenyans in the next three months will entirely depend on the Government supply of imported maize to the millers.

Cereal Millers Association (CMA) officials warned that the cost of maize flour is likely to shoot up again and go back to as high as over Sh150 per 2kg packet, if the government does not ensure there is steady supply of the grain.