Agriculture CS Peter Munya says the government has released Ksh 8 billion in order to finance the 4-week National Maize Flour Subsidy Programme announced Wednesday.
The funds will allow millers to implement the subsidy programme announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta which has seen the price of a 2kg maize meal packet retail at Ksh. 100 from the previous Ksh 205.
Munya said the government has also cleared the pending arrears amounting to Ksh 500 million from the subsidy programme announced…
