[Source: State House]President Uhuru Kenyatta has capped the maximum retail price of 2-kilogramme packet of maize flour countrywide at Sh100. This, he said, will help cushion Kenyans against high unga prices as the globe faces inflation and an increase in food prices. During his address to the nation on Wednesday, July 20, the president said his government will pay Sh105 per 2-kg packet of maize flour in subsidy. A spot-check by The Standard, however, revealed that a 2-kg packet of unga was retailing as high as Sh230 in some supermarkets. The hike, he said, also happened in 2017, when the price of 2-kg pack of maize flour rose from Sh100 to Sh189.

Source: Daily Nation July 20, 2022 15:55 UTC