Relief to farmers as Ruto halts maize importation

Workers offloading bags of maize at a warehouse in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The government has finally heeded the cries of maize farmers and suspended the planned importation of maize which had caused outrage across the country.

President William Ruto finally broken his silence on the maize debate when he presided over his second Cabinet meeting, at State House, Nairobi.