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Food imports hurt farmers

MAize import

A farmer delivers his maize at the National Cereals and Produce Board in Elburgon, Molo. The government’s plan to replace Kenyan-grown foods with foreign ones is not fair to local farmers and to the entire nation.

Photo credit: Pool I Nation Media Group

The government’s plan to replace Kenyan-grown foods with foreign ones is not fair to local farmers and to the entire nation.

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u said in a gazette notice that the government planned to import 900,000 tonnes of maize grain, 600,000 tonnes of milled rice and 100,000 tonnes of sugar.