Ugali lovers have shown their disappointment with the government decision.
“The government should have at least waited until the end of January before they ended the subsidy programme. January is the month of hunger and a lot of spending on school fees and books,” said one shopper.
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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett however assured consumers that
he would not let the price of a two-kilogramme of maize flour go beyond
Sh120.
The price of Alpha Grain Millers’ Kifaru maize flour rose to retail
at Sh185 per two-kilogramme packet and Hostess maize flour at Sh149,
three days after close of the subsidy that saw the commodity sell at
Sh90 for more than six months.
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