How long credit period is sabotaging Unga subsidy

The government has asked retail chains to cut down the credit period on maize flour from 45 days to two days after it emerged that the long repayment period was threatening to sabotage the current subsidy.

This is after it emerged that millers were shying from selling their flour to supermarkets over longer credit period, leading to a shortage of the Sh100 commodity in retail outlets.