Posted on April, 8, 2021 at 09:04 am
No maize trader has met the new tougher requirements for Kenya’s imports from Uganda that are meant to prevent influx of grain with high incidence of aflatoxin, raising fears of a shortage in the country.
The country’s Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said so far, traders are yet to conform to the laid down guidelines to allow them ship in the grain.
This means that there have been no imports in from Uganda for nearly a month since the conditions were introduced.
“We have tightened the controls on what is coming in from our neighbours, and so far none of the traders has met the conditions,” said Mr Munya.
Kenya had early last month banned all imports of maize from Uganda and Tanzania citing high level of aflatoxins that are beyond the allowable limits by Kenya’s standards.
The country’s maximum allowable level is capped at 10 parts per billion.
Source: Daily Monitor