A consumer shopping for maize flour. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett says he has already received 1.2 million bags of maize and expects another 3.2 million bags to address the Unga shortage.
Bett on Monday assured consumers of constant supply of the Sh90 maize flour from day onwards.
“We are going to engage the services of Standard Gauge Railway, RVR and the normal transport system to ensure the maize moves on time from the port to millers,” he said on Monday during a briefing.
The CS added that the maize will be available in all parts of the country.
Bett’s assurance comes a day after Nasa presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of failing to cushion Kenyans against the high cost of basic commodities.
"On June 7, we asked Uhuru to immediately fly to Ethiopia and ask his counterpart to sell maize to Kenyans. We also asked the President to fire Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett, his Devolution counterpart Mwangi Kiunjuri and Principal Secretary for Agriculture Richard Lesiyampe for deliberately misleading Kenyans on the famine situation," Raila said on Sunday.