Uganda has over the last two months supplied Kenya and Rwanda 11,502 tonnes of maize worth 6.65 million dollars after Zambia and Tanzania imposed a ban on maize exports report the East African.
In the past two months, Kenya imported 11,303 tonnes of maize from Uganda valued at $ 4.61 million and Rwanda has received 4,344 tonnes of maize worth $2.04 million according to the East African Grain Handlers.
Uganda and Tanzania have had a bountiful maize harvest this year but Tanzania halted issuing export licences until the food availability assessment is completed. Uganda exports to South Sudan were derailed by the violence eruption in the world’s youngest nation therefore giving it the capacity to supply the other two East African nations.
Maize markets in Uganda face minimum government interventions therefore enjoying liberation in their supply leading to the growth in exports in the region including to Burundi.
Rwanda, which is grappling with its worst drought in six decades has seen the government distribute over 2,200 tonnes of maize, while buyers scramble for the maize from Uganda.
