Mexico Has Denied Selling Maize To Kenya

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Mexico has denied selling maize to the Kenyan government saying it has been selling high quality non GMO white maize to private businessmen.On Monday, May 15, Transport Principal Secretary clarified on the importation saying the maize had been imported to South Africa in 2106 from Mexico and later sold to Kenya.They later changed the statement after Mexico’s announcement saying that South Africa had imported the maize last year when it was facing acute shortage, but some of it had not been used.

According to Capital FM, The consignment which arrived late last week, was according to Transport Principal Secretary Professor Paul Mwangi, sold to millers locally by the Johannesburg-based Inter Africa Grains PTY Company.“The maize was imported from Mexico into South Africa under storage and then we’re picking it up from there. That is why we’re able to order and get it in five days,” Mwangi told members of the press on Monday at the Port of Mombasa.The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) published a notice allowing importation of white and yellow maize into the country on May 4 with the commodity arriving at the port on May 10, raising queries over how long it had taken the vessel to sail from Mexico to Mombasa.Also, NASA leader Raila Odinga had accused the government of being insincere in the current importation of maize saying the Jubilee administration was not committed to solving the problem of soaring food prices.“Every month Kenyans use three million bags of maize. What they’ve imported in just a drop in the ocean,” he said at a local function.

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