The desperately needed maize imported from Mexico may not come as cheap as anticipated. Agriculture CS Willy Bett last month said the cheapest maize available in the market is from Mexico, hence, the imports should help bring down maize flour prices. Currently, the price of a two-kilogramme packet of maize flour goes for Sh120 to Sh127. This was intended to stabilise the prices of maize flour, which had hit a high of Sh153 per 2kg packet. This was mainly attributed to increases in prices of several food items, including, spinach, maize flour, milk, potatoes and maize grain.

Source: The Star April 21, 2017 19:18 UTC