09 Dec 2011 Cereal millers have appealed for an extension of the duty-free maize and wheat imports, warning that inadequate harvests will push up retail prices next year.
Treasury had allowed duty-free importation of maize between June and December while import tax on wheat was knocked down to 10 per cent earlier in the year to ease a surge in food prices.
Maize flour prices had climbed to more than Sh150 per two- kilogramme packet, but have since eased to about Sh112.
