GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 3425

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 and Livestock Development and the need to have alternative starch source, an Import Duty Waiver has been granted for traders to import a total of 500,000 metric tons of white Grade 1 milled rice. The duty waiver shall apply to the Grade 1 rice imported into the country on or before the 6th August, 2023, by traders. The imported White Milled Rice Grade 1 shall meet the following conditions– (a) it shall be in accordance to international and national food/rice standards and Kenyan standards applicable under the laws of Kenya and implemented by the Kenya Bureau of Standards; (b) it shall be accompanied by a certificate of conformity issued by the Kenya Bureau of Standards; and (c) 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.