In key sectors such as the matatu industry, transport-related items contributed to inflationary pressures as well, with annual price increases for public transport and fuel standing at 4.8 per cent.

As the winter chill settles over North India, fresh makki ki roti (maize flour flatbread) being prepared on a tawa becomes a common seasonal delight. Traditionally, it is paired with sarson ka saag ...

Fifteen per cent of maize flour in the country is contaminated but the wheat is generally safe. A survey by the Ministry of Health and Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (Jkuat), ...

Kenyans experienced some relief in September 2025 as the prices of key household commodities, including maize flour, sugar, and cooking gas, shifted. This is according to the latest data from the ...

As maize flour (unga) prices surge in Kenya due to millers exhausting their stocks, farmers in the North Rift are hoarding ...

The Kenyan government has called on citizens to start consuming other food products such as rice and potatoes, and not ugali, or maize meal flour, the national staple food. A prolonged shortage of ...

Some of the premium maize brands are selling for over Ksh200, according to a spotcheck conducted by this publication across three of the largest supermarket chains.

Maize breeders’ and researchers from KARLO view the new maize hybrid that is resistant to the Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) viral disease that has wreaked havoc across the country. [File] Maize ...

NAIROBI, May 16 (Reuters) - Kenya will offer subsidies to maize importers to help lower the cost of maize flour which shot up due to a regional drought, Agriculture Minister Willy Bett said on Tuesday ...

Kenyans will now be forced to wait longer for a drop in the price of maize flour following the slow importation of the duty-free grain. Two months to the end of the gazetted period to import cheap ...