• Mudavadi said the Ministry of Agriculture was playing games with Kenyans in the name of reducing the price of maize flour.
• He noted that there are about two weeks left until the general election and nothing will be achieved by the games.
Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi has faulted the government over what he terms as a fake promise to reduce the price of maize flour.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mudavadi said the Ministry of Agriculture was playing games with Kenyans in the name of reducing the price of maize flour.
He noted that there are about two weeks left until the general election and nothing will be achieved by the games.
“I want to genuinely ask since Monday when they announced that they had entered into an arrangement with millers and they have reduced the price of Unga from Sh230 to Sh100 per 2kg packet, who has gone to the shop or retail stores and has been able to purchase Unga at Sh100?” Mudavadi asked.
The former Vice President who was campaigning in Waruku in Dagoretti North told off the government for trying to fool Kenyans, terming the announcement made on Monday a mockery.
The Government had sought to subsidise the cost of maize flour to Sh100 which, according to an internal document from the Ministry of Agriculture, showed that the changes were supposed to happen immediately.
The document indicated that the recommended retail price of flour should not exceed Sh100 for a 2kg packet, Sh250 for a 5kg packet and Sh490 for a 10kg packet.
In recent months, the price of food and basic consumer goods has been on an upward trajectory with the cost of some basic items hitting unprecedented highs.
Mudavadi also hit out at Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga, saying that he should stop using President Uhuru Kenyatta's name and the false reduction of maize flour prices to seek votes ahead of August 9.
"This government together with the Azimio leadership are not telling Kenyans the truth. We doubt if they have engaged millers over the maize flour prices. Most of the millers had already purchased maize and done the processing and packaging with respect to the market prices," he said.
He added that the government neglected farmers when they needed fertiliser and maize seed subsidies and they should not run away from the blame.