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Daily Monitor Wednesday May 12 2021 Men load maize onto a truck at Busia market on Monday after Kenya lifted a ban on the importation of the cereal crop from Uganda. PHOTO/DAVID AWORI Summary Advertisement There is a sigh of relief among traders after Kenya lifted the ban on importation of maize. More than 100 trucks carrying about 1,200 tonnes of maize from Busia, Uganda, spontaneously crossed into Kenya on Monday. The lift marks the resumption of the multibillion trade between Uganda and Kenya, a major trading partner on the East African bloc. The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) of Kenya on March 5 banned the importation of maize from Uganda and Tanzania over safety standards, saying the cereal had aflatoxins and posed a health risk to consumers. ....
Traders smuggle tonnes of Uganda maize into Kenya Thursday April 22 2021 Men use bicycles to smuggle maize through Sofia porous border point into Kenya last week. PHOTO | DAVID AWORI Summary Issue. “We are overstretched by the nature of our porous border and lack of the necessary manpower to make a wall along our border with Uganda. However, we continue to do all we can to ensure maize is not smuggled here,” John Nyoike, Busia-Kenya County Police Commander. Advertisement Following Kenya’s lifting of the ban on importation of maize from Uganda, the cereal, listed as the most traded in the region, according to the East African Community (EAC) trade protocols, has turned into an illicit commodity. ....
Daily Monitor Monday March 15 2021 Officials from UNBS takes samples of maize from one of the stores in Busia to test for aflatoxin content on March 12. PHOTO | DAVID AWORI Advertisement Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) officials have started taking samples of Ugandan maize to test for traces of aflatoxins following the ban of the cereal in the Kenyan market. The team arrived in Busia border District on Saturday and embarked on collecting maize samples from all stores for testing in their laboratory in Kampala, with results expected today. “We are a big team from UNBS picking maize samples from all stores to test for levels of aflatoxins,” one of the officials, who declined to be named, said. ....