Kenyans will have to dig deeper into their packets to be able to afford a packet of Maize flour. The millers forecast that unless the government intervenes, there will be an acute shortage of maize flour by March 2023. A file photo of maize flour on display at a supermarket in Nairobi. “The former administration was using Ksh8 billion in two months to subsidize maize flour and Ksh15 billion every month to subsidize fuel. At the moment, a 2-kg packet of maize flour is retailing at Ksh180 in most parts of the country.

Source: Daily Nation February 19, 2023 07:26 UTC