By: Joshua Muthui
President Uhuru Kenyatta announced what was dubbed the messiah of Kenyans who had stopped taking ugali due to the high cost of maize flour on 19 July 2022. State eased maize flour prices to Sh100 until elections. The recommended retail prices for maize flour are as follows; 2kg packet at Sh100, 5kg packet at Sh250 and 10kg packet at Sh490 all-inclusive of VAT in all the supermarkets across the country. For the Kenyans who live in rural areas or unable to shop from the supermarkets, Jumia KE is delivering maize flour when you shop maize flour from them, they are also offering the best deals and offers on Patchouli. For instance, the best price of Pembe maize flour 1kg by Jumia KE in Kenya is Sh104, delivery fees are 150-32000Ksh.
Old stock of maize flour from wholesale and retail shops still retails at the old price since the retailers bought it at Sh205. The question at hand is, if the government reduced the prices of maize flour until elections, what if the IEBC verdict or rather the general elections results will not please the persons involved? Will maize flour still retail at Sh100? And what is the root cause of the inflation, since it is evident that Russia-Ukraine war is not the caus
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