The Cereal Millers Association (CMA) has denied media reports that its members are the primary source of wheat farmers' woes.
In a statement on Thursday, CMA refuted the notion that they prioritised wheat imports, leaving local farmers stranded with their produce. "The claims that millers prioritise imports over local wheat are unfounded and misleading," CMA's statement read. "Data clearly shows that millers have purchased nearly all available local wheat, with imports being essential to bridge the country's wheat deficit.
An infographic from CMA obtained by Kenyans.co.ke suggested that over the past seven years, locally grown wheat constituted an average of 6.05 per cent of the total consumption.
This figure, according to the millers, increased to 7 per cent after a bumper year of harvest.
