Decline in maize supplies spells doom for consumers
Cargo trucks from Tanzania ferrying maize await offloading outside the Mombasa Maize Millers factory on September 13, 2020. Kenya receives a large amount of maize from Tanzania annually to boost its Maize stock.
Animal feed manufacturers have also decried a decline in the supply of maize in the market
Millers are struggling with low supplies of the staple in the market.
Dwindling maize supplies from traditional source markets Tanzania and Uganda are set to pile inflationary pressure on human and animal feed prices in Kenya.
Kenyan millers said maize shipments from the neighbouring countries are gradually drying out, reversing a trend recorded over the past few months.
