Nairobi, Jan. 17 -- The government is yet to issue clarity on maize imports with less than a month to the opening of the duty-free window, which will delay the much-anticipated decline in the price of flour with an increase in the supply of the grain in the market.

Millers have already applied for permits to import the grain outside of the region but they are yet to hear from the government.

The processors argue that the government is yet to tell them what each miller would be required to import and whether Genetically Modified maize will be allowed alongside the conventional one.

Millers also want to know the volumes that each will be allocated to bring in and the criteria that will be used in the allocation of the quota.

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