The Kigezi kids are struggling to help relatives in Uganda who, battered by high prices of rice and maize flour, send frequent requests for money.

凯芝济孩子们在努力帮助乌干达的亲戚，亲戚们遭受高价稻米和玉米面的冲击，经常来信要钱。

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CENDA reports that staples such as black beans, rice, maize flour and meat were missing from the shelves of many shops in May.

CENDA报告说五月份许多商店的货架上已看不到像黑豆、大米、玉米粉和肉之类的日用品了。

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They threw us bread over the walls, little maize-cakes baked in honey and cakes of fine flour filled with dates.

他们从城墙上丢下面包来，还有蜂蜜烘焙的玉米蛋糕和精面枣泥糕。

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Those who remain, often the old and the very young, are easier to intimidate or bribe with hand-outs of maize flour.

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But maize flour and cylinders of cooking gas, two staples for the poor, have become scarce and expensive.

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It recently launched four agro-industrial businesses supplying staple products such as milk and maize flour, and its retail-food chain, Mercal, aims to cover 60% of the market.

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