From the conversations that I have heard, what has shocked Kenyans most about the maize meal price is that ugali has become more expensive than chapati. If the target of 40 bags per acre were to be achieved, this acreage would raise the potential production by eight million bags. In the meantime, we need an additional 800,000 to a million bags of maize a year. If we were to become a dependable market, people can invest in growing maize for our market. The wheat farmers would very likely make more money from oil crops than they do from wheat.

Source: Daily Nation April 21, 2017 18:48 UTC