Uhuru Orders Immediate Drop in Maize Flour Prices

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 –President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked maize flour traders to start retailing the product and sh 100 down from sh 230.

Uhuru, while reinforcing the recent Ministry of Agriculture announcement, ordered that maize flour in the country should have started selling at sh 100 because his government had already activated the necessary subsidy to cushion its citizens from the biting high prices on basis items.

Addressing the Nation from Statehouse today Wednesday July 20, Concerned Kenyatta also suspended the import declaration tax/fee IDF as well as the fuel development levy always charged on transportation of the maize raw material and products.

“The railway development levy on all imported maize stands suspended. The import declaration fee on all imported maize is also hereby suspended,” he directed.

The sh 100 will be the price for 2 kilograms maize packet and 1 kilogram will be selling at less than 55 shillings.

“Every election in our country has attracted an Unga crisis and at times it seems to be engineered. There is an obvious trend between the manner with which the price of Unga goes up and the tempo is taken up during elections,” Uhuru observed.

The head of State regretted that this exponential rise of important products in the country had been politicised by some individuals in their effort to incite the country against its government.