Trade tension between Kenya and Uganda however rose this month after AFA, on March 5, banned its maize exports into the country, with Uganda retaliating by discouraging imports from Kenya. “We feel that Kenya is starting to practice protectionism policies without even consulting its own stakeholders and actors in the agriculture sector. When we had the ban by Kenya, the whole country went helta skelta,” said Consolata Acayo, Commissioner, at Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). Uganda exports at least 90 per cent of its maize to Kenya with a cumulative average of 330,620 tonnes. Between January 2020 and January 2021, Uganda’s maize exports stood at 351,420 tonnes with a monthly average of 50,203 tonnes.

Source: The Star March 29, 2021 00:56 UTC