Sh2.3bn Unga subsidy debt hits wheat farmers

Nick Hutchinson, the vice-chairman of Cereal Millers Association. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Heavy influx of cheap flour from Tanzania and the Treasury’s failure to pay some Sh2.3 billion it owes local millers have crippled the purchase of wheat from local farmers, industry insiders said.

The government is yet to clear the debt accruing from the maize subsidy programme that ended last December.

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