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Kenya: Govt Announces Plan to Purchase 1 Million Bags of Maize at Ksh3,500 Each

Kenya: Govt Announces Plan to Purchase 1 Million Bags of Maize at Ksh3,500 Each

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Published on 2024-11-02 11:08:45

The government is set to buy one million bags of maize at Ksh3,500 per 90kg bag to the tune of Ksh3.5 billion.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Andrew Karanja in a statement asserted that the move is aimed at building the country’s national strategic food reserve, which is currently at 30 per cent of the proposed food quantities.

In addition, the move also seeks to boost farmers in line with the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) and uplift the profit margins of…

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