By Barnabas Bii
Maize imports from Uganda have helped to stabilize flour prices ahead of the harvest season but farmers in the North Rift are up in arms saying they face losses.
The Ugandan cereal retails at Sh2,400 per 90 kilogram- bag, far below the prevailing Sh3,200 market price for local produce.
Most of the Ugandan grains enter to the country through the Suam border in Trans-Nzoia County, a major maize growing zone.
Data from the Regional Agricultural Trade Intelligence Network (Ratin) run by the Eastern African Grain Council — which monitors real-time cross-border grain trade — indicates an increase in quantities of maize crossing into the country under the East African Common (EAC) market protocol.
Besides the Suam crossing, tonnes of maize is also finding its way to Kenya through the Lwakhakha, Malaba and Busia borders…Read more>>
