This things happen by design. The military gets in Somalia they take over charcoal trade, outbound trade then they look for another commodities they can bring
in. Once they take over sugar trade they look for other commodities they can bring in with high profit margin like unga. In order to maximize Unga profits they work with those
in charge of strategic grains reserve to empty the stores. Uhuru knew about drought, he knew about maize shortage but to keep the rat line profitable he could not bring in maize through Mombasa
port. The main actor in this ratline is Duale, his father in law and senior military people