Kenya: NCPB Blocks Purchase of Uganda Maize

8 November 2016

Traders looking to to sell cheap maize acquired from Uganda to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) have been locked out after the government announced that it will only accept grain from registered farmers.

The Ministry of Agriculture said businesspeople have brought huge stocks of cheap maize from Uganda with the intention of selling the grains to the NCPB--which is offering more than Sh1,000 on the cost of a bag of corn from the neighbouring country.

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