Half of small millers shut down on maize shortage

Workers load maize at the port of Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Half of the small-scale millers have shut their businesses due to a lack of maize in a move that is likely to see consumers pay more for flour.

United Grain Millers Association chairman Ken Nyagah said the maize shortage forced processors to shut since the beginning of this month as they lack the financial muscles to import the grain compared with their large-scale counterparts

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