Government subsidized unga at a supermarket. [Photo: mwakilishi.com]Experts from the maize sector have anticipated that once the maize subsidy programme is over, the price of a 2kg packet of maize flour is likely to increase from Sh90 to between Sh120 to Sh130.The state has, however, assured that there will be enough maize stock in the national grain reserves as the subsidy programmes stop this month.Agriculture PS Richard Lesiyampe on Monady said that the subsidy programme was extended until December to ensure there is enough maize in the Strategic Grain Reserve, which has so far been achieved.Lesiyampe added that  the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) bought about a million bags of maize from the farmers at the cost of Sh3,200 per 90kg bag, the Star reports.In October, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the government will set aside Sh6 billion to buy maize from farmers at the cost of Sh3,200.Titus Maiyo, the NCPB spokesperson, said delivery of maize to the depots has picked up in the recent past. “We have so far been able to buy 945,000 bags of 90kg from the farmers, and with the reduction of the short rains in the last few weeks, farmers have increased deliveries to the depots,” Maiyo was quoted by the Star on Monday as saying.

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