The government is asking for calm after maize flour prices jumped to Ksh164 for a 2kg packet in April amid reports of an impending fresh price surge of the precious commodity. Speaking to the press on Monday, May 5, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe denied the claims, stating that the country had sufficient reserves of maize to go around and ensure the unga prices do not go up. "There should be no panic about the price of unga going up.
It is not going to go up.
We are going to ensure that it doesn't go up by releasing the strategic maize reserves that we have.
We have got strategic reserves," he stated.
