Judiciary denies links to ''poisonous'' rice after Judge Ogola's rulingJustice Eric Ogola during a past court session. He recently ruled in favour of Phoenix Global Kenya in rice case where he ordered state agencies to release controversial rice from warehouses. In his ruling, Justice Ogola ordered 10 million kilograms of rice earlier declared unfit by Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) into the market. The Judiciary says the matter before the court was not about poisonous rice but about 20 per cent of a consignment of rice that should be reclassified and downgraded because it does not meet size standard. “The Judiciary's attention has been drawn to reports in sections of the media that the Judiciary ordered release of poisonous rice into the market.

Source: Standard Digital February 04, 2019 12:48 UTC