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Waziri wa Kilimo, Peter Munya amesema kuwa wapo katika mazungumzo na nchi jirani za Zambia, Tanzania na Uganda ili kuzuia kusafirisha mahindi kwenda nchi nyingine na kupeleka nchini humo katika juhudi mpya za kupunguza kupanda kwa bei ya unga wa mahindi, kupunguza mfumuko wa bei na kubana kwa bajeti ya kaya
Kukauka kwa mazao kutokana na hali mbaya ya hewa nchini humo na usafirishaji wa mahindi ya Uganda, Sudan Kusini kumesababisha bei ya unga kufikia rekodi ya juu ya Tsh. 4,147 kwa pakiti ya kilo mbili, kutoka Tsh. 2,370 mwanzoni mwa 2022
"Sasa tunazungumza na nchi hizi ili zitenge baadhi ya akiba ya mahindi ya kununuliwa na wafanyabiashara wetu ili kuongeza usambazaji nchini," alisema Waziri Munya
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Kenya is seeking to limit Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda from exporting maize to other countries at its expense in fresh efforts to curb the surge in maize flour prices, ease inflation and the squeeze on household budgets.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya says the country has opened talks with the three countries to guarantee Kenya a share of the maize export to plug the shortfall in supplies.
Crop failure due to poor weather and a shift in the movement of Uganda maize to South Sudan have seen flour prices rocket to a record high of Sh210 for a two-kilo packet, up from Sh120 at the start of the year.
This has triggered a rally in inflation to a 58-month high of 7.9 percent and forced families to skip meals and cut orders for other items like airtime and beer.
Now, Kenya is seeking a solution from neighbouring countries to boost supply ahead of the harvest season that starts in October.
“We are now talking to these countries to have them set aside some stocks of maize to be purchased by our traders to boost supply locally,” said Mr Munya.
Zambia has started harvesting its main crop while Tanzania and Uganda have surpluses that Kenya is seeking to tap.
Kenya traditionally receives imports from Uganda and Tanzania, but trade flows in the grain have shifted to other countries.
The bulk of Ugandan maize is now heading to South Sudan, encouraged by higher prices in the country relative to Kenya where a 90-kilo bag is selling at Sh7,000 from Sh2,800 in January.
Kenya’s inflation hit a 58-month high in June on soaring food prices, breaching the government’s upper limit ceiling for the first time in nearly five years.
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics says changes in the cost of living climbed to 7.9 percent from 7.1 percent in May.
Countries in the region are competing for a limited white maize stock for both human consumption and manufacturing of animal feeds following disruption in the supply of the grain from Ukraine and Russia in the wake of the ongoing war between these two countries.
Mr Munya also said the government would intervene on logistical challenges faced by business people in shipping in the produce, which has seen the cost of transport more than double.
A 90-kilo bag of maize is selling at around Sh3,000 in Zambia but it gets to Kenya at Sh6,000 because of the high cost of transport and other levies involved in shipment.
Source: NTV Kenya
Kukauka kwa mazao kutokana na hali mbaya ya hewa nchini humo na usafirishaji wa mahindi ya Uganda, Sudan Kusini kumesababisha bei ya unga kufikia rekodi ya juu ya Tsh. 4,147 kwa pakiti ya kilo mbili, kutoka Tsh. 2,370 mwanzoni mwa 2022
"Sasa tunazungumza na nchi hizi ili zitenge baadhi ya akiba ya mahindi ya kununuliwa na wafanyabiashara wetu ili kuongeza usambazaji nchini," alisema Waziri Munya
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Kenya is seeking to limit Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda from exporting maize to other countries at its expense in fresh efforts to curb the surge in maize flour prices, ease inflation and the squeeze on household budgets.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya says the country has opened talks with the three countries to guarantee Kenya a share of the maize export to plug the shortfall in supplies.
Crop failure due to poor weather and a shift in the movement of Uganda maize to South Sudan have seen flour prices rocket to a record high of Sh210 for a two-kilo packet, up from Sh120 at the start of the year.
This has triggered a rally in inflation to a 58-month high of 7.9 percent and forced families to skip meals and cut orders for other items like airtime and beer.
Now, Kenya is seeking a solution from neighbouring countries to boost supply ahead of the harvest season that starts in October.
“We are now talking to these countries to have them set aside some stocks of maize to be purchased by our traders to boost supply locally,” said Mr Munya.
Zambia has started harvesting its main crop while Tanzania and Uganda have surpluses that Kenya is seeking to tap.
Kenya traditionally receives imports from Uganda and Tanzania, but trade flows in the grain have shifted to other countries.
The bulk of Ugandan maize is now heading to South Sudan, encouraged by higher prices in the country relative to Kenya where a 90-kilo bag is selling at Sh7,000 from Sh2,800 in January.
Kenya’s inflation hit a 58-month high in June on soaring food prices, breaching the government’s upper limit ceiling for the first time in nearly five years.
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics says changes in the cost of living climbed to 7.9 percent from 7.1 percent in May.
Countries in the region are competing for a limited white maize stock for both human consumption and manufacturing of animal feeds following disruption in the supply of the grain from Ukraine and Russia in the wake of the ongoing war between these two countries.
Mr Munya also said the government would intervene on logistical challenges faced by business people in shipping in the produce, which has seen the cost of transport more than double.
A 90-kilo bag of maize is selling at around Sh3,000 in Zambia but it gets to Kenya at Sh6,000 because of the high cost of transport and other levies involved in shipment.
Source: NTV Kenya
