Supermarkets ration Sh100 maize flour purchases on buying stampede

Workers arrange maize flour packets at a supermarket in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Supermarkets have capped the number of packets of maize flour that customers can purchase in the wake of panic buying witnessed on Thursday as the price of the staple dropped to Sh100 as directed by the government under a short-term subsidy programme.

The uncertainty over the future has seen Kenyans buy large quantities of flour for stocking in anticipation that the government might not renew the four-week subsidy after the elections.

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