Flour price to remain high as State fails to get cheap maize

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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi. FILE PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG

Kenyans will continue waiting for cheaper flour after it emerged that the government's search for cheap maize was facing headwinds on limited supply of the grain on the international market.

The Ministry of Agriculture has opened negotiations with traders aimed at reviewing the Sh4,200 per 90-kilo bag that the government had issued to maize importers as the landing price under a duty waiver.

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