Food prices still high

By Ibrahim Kasita INCREASING diesel prices and a supply shortage have kept food prices high during this harvesting season, the weekly mini-survey has shown. Robert Mugisa, a trader at Nakasero Market, said the high diesel prices had made transport expensive. A litre of diesel costs sh2,580. Cargo trucks use diesel. “There has been a change in seasons and the weather pattern in most food-producing places. We are receiving less beans, maize, groundnuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes and fruits, yet we expected plenty.” He said the supply of food to neighbouring countries like Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and DR Congo had also contributed to the high prices. Maize was sold at sh1,000, maize flour sh1,400, beans sh1,300, rice sh2,000, groundnuts and simsim sh2,500. Millet flour costs sh2,200, while a bunch of matooke... [read full story]