Farmers cry foul as millers import maize from Uganda

Kenya has inked a deal with Kampala to buy 6.6 million bags of maize at Sh2, 050 each to plug a deficit that has triggered a rise in flour prices. FILE PHOTO | NMG

As millers rush to import 6.6 million bags of cheap maize from Uganda, farmers in Rift Valley are stranded with their harvest after the Ministry of Agriculture scaled down purchases.

Farmers now say cross-border trade in cereals is hurting them while favouring millers.

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