In a new twist, the Kenya Dairy Board, which is responsible for allocating the duty free milk to processors, now says the powder will land by the end of this month. “In 2015, the government amended the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund to include milk powder as a strategic food commodity. Following this, the government in 2016 released Sh500 million to New KCC company to purchase surplus milk during the first half of the year in order to build milk powder reserves. The milk powder reserves, amounting to 1,289 tonnes, have helped to stabilise milk supply since December to May 2017,” Ms Kibogy said. The mixed signals also come from processors themselves, who confirmed having imported the duty free milk powder from various sources but could not divulge the landed cost or quantity.

Source: Daily Nation June 11, 2017 11:15 UTC