Rice, wheat flour prices to rise on new cereals’ custom levy

Rice storage

Workers arrange bags of rice at a storage facility in Ahero.

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Kenyans should expect high prices of rice and wheat flour starting this month after the government imposed a two percent levy on cereals’ customs value.

Beginning August 12, all cereal and legume imports were slapped with a new levy introduced by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) as traders protested additional importation charges.

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