Kenya turns to Uganda for maize to plug domestic shortage

White maize being offloaded from a train wagon at the NCPB silos in Nairobi last month. PHOTO FILE | NATION

Kenya has in the past month imported its largest consignment of maize from Uganda, comprising more than 35,000 tonnes worth $20.6 million.

This, however, falls short of the 27,000 tonnes needed to feed the nation monthly, and so some 75,000 tonnes of maize arrived in Mombasa as part of the government’s efforts to deal with the maize flour shortage.