National Cereals and Produce Board is under fire after it allowed individuals to supply it with maize imported from Uganda and Tanzania. The government was chocked that famers from Kenya were turned away when they wanted to supply the government body with maize only for cartels to buy the item in bulk from the neighbouring countries and supply them to NCPB at exaggerated costs.
Today, the following names were released to the public together with the number of bags they supplied to NCBP.
- Paul Kipyego Marus-70,284 bags of maize
- Thomas Kiplagat-10,820 “
- Sosian FCS-16,152 “
- Geoffrey Karanja Ndung’u-18,190 “
- David Kimutai Kiprop-12,814 “
- Joel Kipchumba Mutai-10,513 “
- Jane Ngeringwony Kipkorir-10,987 “
- Simon Kipkosgei Changwony-58,364 “
- New Progressive FCS-86,607 bags of maize
