The ongoing milk shortage will persist for at least another month.The Ministry of Agriculture is proposing a 30-day window for the importation of milk in order to address the crisis that has seen the price of the commodity spike. The Ministry attributed the shortage to poor rains caused by continuous drought in most parts of the country. Various milk brands on the shelves of a Nairobi supermarket TwitterFurther, the traders noted that the price of a litre of milk had shot to an average of Ksh70 from Ksh55. The milk crisis further mounts pressure on Kenyans who are already grappling with high cost of living with the prices of almost all essential commodities having gone up. Further, furnishings, household equipment, and routine household equipment index, increased by 1.36 per cent between February 2022 and March 2022.

Source: Daily Nation April 07, 2022 07:46 UTC