Kenya, which is a net importer of food, has slapped a two percent levy on import of cereals including maize, rice and wheat in what is set to raise the price of these commodities for consumers.
In a notice by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), the government has also slapped a 2 percent levy on the custom value of imports of legumes and pulses including beans, lentils, soybeans and peanuts, and a 1 percent levy on the import of roots and tubers such as potatoes, cassava, sweet potatoes and yams.
