A National Assembly committee has requested that the Kenya National Trade Corporation expand its distribution routes in order to ensure that imported food reaches needy households.
Ships carrying rice imported as part of the government’s attempt to stabilize the prices of basic consumer items have begun to arrive in Mombasa. Lawmakers visited KNTC’s Mombasa warehouses on Thursday to assess a cargo of rice, which is part of the affordable essential consumer products that would be delivered.
The business should expand its distribution lines, according to the Parliamentary Committee on Commerce, Industry, and Cooperatives, in order to satisfy the needs of disadvantaged households. According to committee head James Gakuya, “as representatives of the people, we want a system put in place to ensure that the vulnerable people in the villages benefit from this project.” According to the MP for Embakasi North, KNTC must make sure the distribution network is carefully planned in order to protect the interests of customers at the local level.
In addition to providing edible oils, beans, and rice, the committee recommended that KNTC purchase more products from regional suppliers. According to KNTC officials, they already purchase rice from farmers in Western and Mount Kenya. According to Gakuya, the committee aimed to learn from KNTC about the procedure and difficulties faced in the program.
Shimanzi’s warehouses were shown to the Parliamentarians by KNTC company secretary Jesca Nyamwaya. The 200,000 routes of distribution that KNTC uses to provide necessities around the nation, according to Aldai MP Maryanne Keitanny, vice-chair of the committee, are insufficient.