A section of millers has denied reducing prices for unga even as images of some brands selling their products slightly below Sh160 emerge on social media.
A miller who talked to the Star said many brands are yet to reduce their prices.
Unga prices for most maize meal brands are still retailing between Sh190-Sh230.
"We are yet to reduce prices because the Government is yet to make payment for the Sh100 unga subsidy programme for 2022," the miller said.
Two brands however have dropped prices for their unga with one of the selling at Sh162, down from Sh180.
Another is now selling its Unga at Sh158.
It is not clear whether the drop is a marketing strategy or it is out of the government's intervention.
Last week, President William Ruto announced that the Government has put in interventions to cushion Kenyans against the high cost of food.
He said the price of unga is expected to shoot down to Sh150 per 2kg packet.
But millers are hesitant as the government still owes them about Sh3 billion for the subsidised unga for 2022.
