Tanzania maize exports to Kenya surge sixfold after Samia's visit

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan (2nd L) at the State House in Nairobi on May 4, 2021. FILE

By  Business Daily Africa

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The Agriculture ministry says the volumes jumped from 16,137 bags in April to a monthly record of 118,329 in May after a bilateral deal abolished the restrictions that Nairobi had imposed on Tanzanian maize.

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