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Many millers have maintained their unga prices at a normal rate raising eyebrows whether President Ruto's pledge of Unga retailing at Sh150 will become a reality.

Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mithika Linturi has explained why cheap Unga is yet to hit the shelves for many brands even as Kenyans witness some brands now selling their flour at slightly below Sh160.

In an interview with Citizen TV, the CS said other millers are selling their maize at higher prices because they received their consignment late.

He said the one miller who is selling the Unga price at a lower price announced by President William Ruto received their consignment of maize import early.

“Only one brand has been able to lower its process. I think it is because their consignment started coming early and that is why they have moved fast to lower their prices," he said.

Linturi further said he will follow up with other millers to establish why they are yet to lower prices for their commodities.

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Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi.

“I will seek to know why other millers have not been able to do so, maybe they are having problems raising the money required to import the maize or raising certain instruments for foreign trading," he said.

In an interview with Nairobi Leo on Tuesday, a miller told this writer that they are yet to lower Unga prices because the government is yet to pay them for the subsidy initiated by former President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime.

He said many of the millers are yet to lower the prices until they are paid their arrears.