Come clean on imports, maize farmers demand

National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) offload maize at the Donholm silo, Nairobi in 2017. North Rift leaders warn against plans to flood market with cheap imports. [File, Standard]

Leaders and farmers in the North Rift region now want the state to disclose quantities, costs and identities of successful bidders should the need to import maize arise.

They asked the government to mop up all maize still held by farmers and buy it through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) for Strategic Food Reserves (SFRs) in the current market rates of between Sh3,300 and Sh3,500.