Maize

• MPs demand answers in row over low maize price

  
  2 days ago
  Strategic Food Reserve Fund says Agriculture ministry conducted surveys that informed the Sh2, 300 price tag.

• Kiunjuri: You will carry your own cross over 15, 000 tonnes spoilt maize

  
  2 days ago
  National Cereals and Produce Board management in Kisumu has been put on the spot over negligence that has seen more than 15,000 tonnes of maize go bad

• Farmers to wait longer for better maize prices

  
  3 days ago
  Kiunjuri says a task-force is discussing the matter after initial proposal of ShSh2,300 per 90-kg bag was rejected.

• We won’t plant other crops, say maize farmers

  
  6 days ago
  Local leaders accuse those proposing diversification of rooting for cartels.

• Former CS blamed over failure to pay maize farmers

  
  1 week ago
  Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett should be held accountable for the maize scandal that saw many farmers go without pay after deliveries

• State comes up with new maize price

  
  1 week ago
  Government will pay farmers Sh2,300 for a 90kg bag of maize.

• Farmers to stop delivering Maize to NCPB depots - CS Kiunjuri

  
  1 week ago
  The move, the CS said, is aimed at stopping cartels and thieves from reaping where they never sowed.

• Ruto’s new order on maize millions

  
  1 week ago
  Farmers want NCBP to be clear on quantity of the maize they will be buying and the price they will buy with

• Four million bags NCPB maize bad, declares Kebs

  
  2 weeks ago
  Four million bags of maize stored in National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots is unfit for consumption.

• Maize farmers slide into losses as their grains fetch poor prices

  
  2 weeks ago
  They are fetching less from maize compared to what they spent to grow crop, according to survey.

• Tribulations of maize farmers - a symptom of industrial agriculture failing

  
  2 weeks ago
  To arrest the problem, there are voices that are discretely telling farmers to move to other crops such as coffee, avocados and tea.

• Mudavadi rejects sugar, maize task forces

  
  2 weeks ago
  The sugar task force is being chaired by Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri.

• The curse of maize farmers and Kenya’s breadbasket

  
  2 weeks ago
  When the money is indeed released, it ends up in cartels’ pockets, at the expense of genuine farmers.

• State to lose Sh5b as maize prices plunge

  
  3 weeks ago
  Government will sell 3.6 million bags at prevailing market prices.

• Duty free maize cost KRA Sh16.7b

  
  3 weeks ago
  Kenya lost Sh16.7 billion in revenue last year when the Government opened a window for traders to import maize.

• How Kenya lost Sh16.7 billion during duty free period

  
  3 weeks ago
  Kenya lost Sh16.7 billion in revenue last year when the Government opened a window for traders to import maize.

• Uhuru strikes at the heart of maize cartels

  
  3 weeks ago
  Agriculture CS calls for action as he sends documents implicating suspects in scam to anti-graft agency and DCI for the second time.

• Farmers on leased land feel pinch of low maize prices

  
  3 weeks ago
  Smallholders in Trans Nzoia spent Sh2,161 per bag but sold at Sh1,250.

• Spare maize farmers agony of endless waiting

  
  1 month ago
  Farmers deserve to be paid what is due to them now, not a day later

• No end to rot at cereals board as farmers continue suffering

  
  1 month ago
  Maize farmers have over the years suffered at the hands of rogue NCPB staff, middlemen and big fish in government who have also reaped heavily.