Food prices to skyrocket as Russia ends grain export deal

Members of the public protesting over high food prices during Sabasaba demonstrations in Nairobi on July 7, 2022. [Esther Jeruto, Standard]

The food crisis facing the country is expected to worsen after Russia yesterday ended a United Nations' backed Ukraine grain-export deal nearly a year into the agreement, heightening uncertainty over global food supplies.

The grain deal was hailed as preventing a global food emergency when it was brokered by the UN and Turkey last year. It ended a de facto blockade of Ukrainian ports by Russia, which agreed to let ships pass after inspections in Turkey.