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Puzzle as maize imports triple but flour prices skyrocket

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Farmers sort maize after drying them at Rock Centre area in Uasin Gishu County, April 15, 2020. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Maize imports into Kenya tripled in the first quarter of the year compared to a similar period in 2021 even as flour prices hit a record high. 

The latest data from the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that millers imported over 116, 000 tonnes of maize during the quarter to March of this year, up from 37,100 tonnes registered last year. 

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