{
  "id": 1879355,
  "title": "Kenya to import 25M bags of maize as Govt assures Kenyans of food security",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/kenya-to-import-25m-bags-of-maize-as-govt-assures-kenyans-of-food",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T06:26:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/kenya-to-import-25m-bags-of-maize-as-govt-assures-kenyans-of-food-security/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Government will import 25 million 90kg bags of maize to bridge an anticipated food deficit and protect the country from a possible shortage caused by drought and other climate-related challenges that have affected production in major maize growing regions. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the Government has already put in place arrangements to […] The post Kenya to import 25M…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
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      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}