More hunger on the way as food inflation goes past 28-month high

A family shares a meal. [Courtesy, Facebook]

The continued rise in basic commodities including maize flour and cooking oil risks sending food inflation beyond a 28-month high.

A packet of two kilogrammes of maize floor has crossed Sh200, adding pressure on consumers’ food basket that is already rattled by high prices of other items including bread, rice and cooking oil.