Maize flour to remain costly on expensive imports

Expensive imports have dampened hopes for cheaper flour as the cost of transporting maize from the source markets has shot by 150 percent.

Transporters are charging the equivalent of Sh1,500 for a single bag of maize transported from either Malawi or Zambia from Sh600 previously, pushing the landing cost of a 90-kilo bag to Sh6,000 when it lands in Nairobi.