Date Kenyans can expect lower unga prices
The Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has announced plans that the reduction of the prices of maize flour in Kenya shall take effect by March 1, 2023.
Currently retailing for over Sh200, the government hopes to lower the price in an effort to ease the burden on consumers and fulfill a campaign pledge by President William Ruto to lower the cost of living.
Speaking to the press on Tuesday, December 3, Linturi committed to seeing the price of maize flour reduced in the coming months.
He explained that the importation of maize, which had been directed by the government in December 2022, was aimed at fulfilling Ruto's campaign promise to lower the cost of living for Kenyans.
In addition to maize flour, Linturi indicated that the prices of other food commodities, such as rice, will also be reduced in the future.
However, he did not disclose the exact extent to which these prices will be affected. Despite this lack of clarity, Linturi urged Kenyans to invest in agriculture as a way to reduce the cost of living.
"I want to encourage Kenyans to plant something, no matter how small the land is," he said.
"If we were all to rely on buying food, assuming that nobody went to the farm to produce that food, we wouldn't chew on the coins or the notes that we all have," he added.
