Kenyans will soon dig deeper into their pockets to pay for maize flour after last week’s ban on the importation of the grain from Uganda and Tanzania on safety concerns. “Test results for maize imported from Uganda and Tanzania have revealed high levels of mycotoxins that are consistently beyond safety limits,” he said. Safety checks“If you ban maize coming in from two major sources, then you should allow maize that passes safety checks to come in from other countries, otherwise you will have a problem containing the rise of maize prices,” Mr Wafula notes. “Kenyans consume huge quantities of maize daily so someone has to fill in the void left by the ban,” he said. Dozens of trucks ferrying maize into the country are stranded at the Namanga border, days after the country effected the ban.

Source: Daily Nation March 09, 2021 07:26 UTC