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Flour to cost more as NCPB maize price up by Sh300
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has increased the buying price of maize by Sh300 in a second review in two weeks, setting the stage for expensive flour.
NCPB will now pay Sh3,000 for a 90-kilo bag from Sh2,700 as the state corporation moves to attract more stocks in the wake of stiff competition from traders and millers.
The new price will force millers and traders to increase...
We have no maize in our silos, NCPB cries out
The country is staring at an acute food shortage after it emerged that maize reserve stores are empty.
The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) yesterday urged the National Assembly Agriculture Committee to urgently come up with interventions to avert a food crisis.
Consequently, the board is seeking for Sh10.4 billion to purchase 2.8 million bags of local white maize at Sh2,700 per unit,...