Concern is growing over the sharp rise in the price of maize flour as industry operators point fingers at each other even as the cost of the country's staple food goes beyond the reach of many Kenyans.
This week, a two-kilogramme packet of maize flour was selling at between Sh103 and Sh110 in major supermarkets, up from Sh95 at the beginning of the month. This is despite the recent food security report by the ministry of Agriculture which indicated that the country has a surplus of seven million bags of maize following the heavy rains that resulted in a bumper harvest.
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