Maize subsidy extended as rains delay harvesting

42,000 tonnes of Mexican Maize being offloaded at the port of Mombasa on June 30, 2017. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

The State’s subsidised maize flour programme will continue until there are sufficient stocks of the commodity, the Agriculture ministry has said.

Agriculture secretary Willy Bett said the programme will be extended beyond September as earlier planned because of ongoing heavy rains that have hampered maize harvest in the main breadbasket areas of the North Rift.

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