BUSINESS DAILY AFRICA

	State House in crisis meeting as maize price hits 5-year high. President Uhuru Kenyatta Wednesday met his top advisers to discuss a rapid response plan for the drought that is ravaging parts Kenya even as the price of maize flour — the country’s staple — hit a five-year high with the sharp drop in grain supply countrywide. Read more
	Agriculture secretary Willy Bett addresses the Press at his Kilimo House office in Nairobi. Kenyan authorities on Wednesday warned that the country’s poultry industry faced a high risk of devastation in the wake of a recent outbreak of the contagious Avian Flu in neighbouring Uganda. Read more