Kenya: 1.7 Milion Bags of State Maize Divide Millers

15 January 2019

The Government will offer millers 1.7 million bags of maize as compensation for the Sh2.3 billion owed to flour processors amid criticism from small firms that the move will distort the market.

The move follows talks between the government and the millers in November on a possibility of the State using the maize at Strategic Food Reserve as compensation for the debt.

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