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Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi when appeared before the Senate plenary on June 21, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has said the government issued tax waivers on importation of 1.4 million metric tonnes of maize, 1.1 million metric tonnes of rice and 280,000 metric tonnes of sugar.
Mr Linturi appearing before the Senate plenary on Wednesday noted that as per June 16, 68 companies had imported 520,426 metric tonnes of white milled rice, while 13 companies had imported 234,981 metric tonnes of white maize.
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