Three suspects have been arrested and over 1,700 bales of stolen Kenya Seed Company’s, hybrid maize certified seeds, valued at over Sh7 million recovered from a private warehouse in Narok county. Brian Meja and two Narok-based unscrupulous traders of Asian origin only known as Yogesh and Gaurav were arrested on Tuesday evening. The trio raided a facility leased by Meja, a distance from Kenya Seed’s main godown, where the recovery was made. Approximately, 40 bales each containing 12 packets of 2kilogrames per packet, have been supplied daily to the two unscrupulous traders since last December. Yogesh who owns Shakti Farm products and Ololulunga Shiv Agrovets in Lulunga town has one other godown within Narok town that has currently stored over 10 tonnes of stolen seeds.

Source: The Star March 03, 2021 08:03 UTC