‘Miraa Cartel’: Faces behind Miraa warsFarmers and traders led by Mbeerembu Miraa farmers chairman Jervasius Nyombyekothe address the press at Muraru market in Mbeere South, Embu County. Officials of Mbereembu Miraa Farmers Cooperative Union address the press in Embu town recently. It therefore came as a shock to many a stakeholder when traders clashed at Kamuketha miraa wholesale market in Embu town on Tuesday night over trade and price wars dispute. Nyambene Miraa Traders Association national chairman Kimathi Munjuri attributed the Kamuketha scuffle to instigation by politicians. He prophesies that in the coming years muguka and miraa production will not be a preserve of only Meru and Miraa counties seeing other regions have embraced its farming.

Source: Standard Digital June 17, 2019 07:50 UTC