Benson Matee with a pile of chapatis he made for sale at his stall in Mukuru kwa Reuben, slums in Nairobi on July 15, 2021. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] The price of maize flour is higher than that ...

This has led to widespread concern, as maize is the country's main staple. The flour is used to prepare ugali, a cooked starchy paste the key ingredients of which are just the flour and water.

Ugali (made from maize flour) is the country's staple food The cost of maize flour, used to make Kenya's staple food, has been cut in half less than three weeks before general elections.