It is not enough for the Treasury to announce its intention to discontinue the Sh90 maize flour subsidy mid this month or try to get consumers excited about the new harvests.
In the wake of an acute shortage of the staple food that saw the retail price of a two-kilo packet of maize meal touch a six-year high at Sh153 in April and the national stock reserves drop to below half-a-day’s supply on May 15, what the government should do is put in place measures to ensure such a food crisis doesn’t recur.
