
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,...