Highly placed Kenyans who are heavily involved in fertiliser import business, among them the President’s son and nephew said to have had a hand. POLITICAL INTERESTSAfter this fertiliser import was restricted to only seven agreed companies and the prices were controlled by the government until 1990. At the same time, the Ministry of Lands and Settlement withdrew its allotment letter for the Mombasa site – meaning that Ken-Ren factory had no place to stand. But that Ken-Ren would have a guaranteed monopoly to import fertiliser for 10 years left it vulnerable. Ever since, the country’s import of fertiliser has always been at the hands of a small coterie.

Source: Daily Nation April 28, 2019 03:56 UTC