Some cartels imported this maize and sold to NCPB while local farmers were still harvesting their crop. ARMYWORMAccording to farmers, most of the traders who delivered maize to NCPB have received payments at their expense. The government, he added, had put in place stringent measures to stamp out middlemen enriching themselves at the expense of maize farmers. The board received at least one million bags of maize, which consumed a budget of Sh3.5 billion, but the supplies increased this year to 3.5 million bags, gulping Sh7.1 billion so far. DISCLOSEMoiben MP Silas Tiren has demanded that a list of those who import maize at the expense of local farmers be tabled in Parliament.

Source: Daily Nation April 19, 2018 20:48 UTC