Traders cash in on cheap Uganda maize imports.

The taxpayer is losing millions of shillings to unscrupulous traders importing maize cheaply from Uganda and earning almost double by selling the commodity to National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri last Friday said a cartel comprising traders and millers are importing a 90kg bag maize from Uganda at about Sh1, 900 and selling the same to NCPB for Sh3, 200. The traders, he said, have locked out genuine farmers from benefiting from the government’s attractive prices offered through NCPB.