(Photo/Courtesy)The Commodities Fund is yet to finalise modalities on how the Sh180 million revolving fund will be channeled to miraa farmers. The three want the government technocrats stopped from disbursing the miraa revolving fund through the Mwenge Sacco, claiming it is a briefcase entity. "We are apprehensive that public funds meant for a well-structured scheme may be lost if put in an unknown private entity picked without public participation," claimed the applicants, Kimathi Munjuri, Jacob Miriti and Naftali Kathurima through their lawyer Lucas Kobia. They also claimed the respondents were in breach of court orders issued in 2017 providing for the lobby and Meru County government's participation in projects involving the miraa sector. Justice Gikonyo has ordered that the matter be mentioned on November 5 to confirm compliance with a consent signed between the parties in 2017.

Source: Standard Digital August 23, 2020 05:51 UTC