President Uhuru Kenyatta, on Wednesday, July 20, announced a reduction in maize flour prices from Ksh230 to Ksh105.

The President said the subsidy followed a deal between the government and maize millers.

“This programme of a subsidy of approximately Sh105 per 2kg pack of maize meal is meant to lower the cost of living for vulnerable households as we look for a sustainable solution to the recurrent rising prices of unga every election,” Uhuru said during a televised national address at State House, Nairobi.

Uhuru said the deal brokered included suspension of the railway development levy on all imported maize.

He added that the Import Declaration Fee (IDF) on all imported maize has also been suspended.

Uhuru warns politicians

The President also politicians against politicizing the rising cost of living without offering solutions.

“My appeal to the political class is to exercise civic responsibility. I invite all of them to join the community not of mourners or grumblers even when you serve in government, but I ask you all to join the community of solution givers for this is where the future of our country lies,” Uhuru said.

He added: “The partnership between the corporate citizen and the political class has to be to the ultimate benefit of the people in all of our republic. And if it breads misery like the high price of maize every election, then it’s the voter to put an end to it.”