[File, Standard]A court has handed farmers a big win after dismissing a case seeking to block the law on packaging potatoes in 50kg bags. The section makes it illegal to package potatoes in bags which can hold more than 50 kilogrammes. Justice Weldon Korir found that the petitioners did not have evidence to support their case that the packaging law was unconstitutional. The petitioners also claimed that traders were refusing to buy potatoes in smaller bags, adding that they were incurring more cost in packaging and transport. Previously, the court heard, brokers opted for exploitative packaging, weighing more than 120 kilos per bag that were bought at a general price without considering its weight.

Source: Standard Digital January 02, 2021 21:00 UTC