GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 3424

IT IS notified for the general information of the public that pursuant to the powers conferred to the Cabinet Secretary under section 114 (2) of the East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004; read with provisions of Item 20 Part B of the Fifth Schedule to the Act; and in consequence of the notification of an impending maize crisis in the country by the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture 17th March, 2023 THE KENYA GAZETTE and Livestock Development that Import Duty Waiver has been granted for registered millers and traders to import a total of 500,000 metric tons of white maize grain from March 2023 to 6th August, 2023. The duty waiver shall only apply to the specified quantity of white maize grain imported into the country within this period. The imported white maize grain shall meet the following conditions– (a) it shall have a moisture content not exceeding 13.5% as provided for under the laws of Kenya and Kenyan standards (KS EAS2:2017) applicable under the laws of Kenya and implemented by the Kenya Bureau of Standards; (b) aflatoxin levels shall not exceed ten (10) parts per billion (ppb) as provided for under the laws of Kenya and Kenyan standards (KS EAS2:2017) implemented by the Kenya Bureau of Standards and the Department of Public Health of the Ministry of Health; (c) it shall be accompanied by a certificate of conformity issued by the Kenya Bureau of Standards; and (d) it shall have been imported on or before the 6th August, 2023. Dated the 13th March, 2023. NJUGUNA NDUNG’U, Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning.