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Crack the whip on cartels, Cotu boss Francis Atwoli tells President Uhuru

COTU secretary general Francis Atwoli speaking during floriculture Stewart meeting in Kisumu on May 20 2017. PIC BY COLLINS ODUOR

Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli has warned that cartels protected by government operatives are taking the economy hostage.

He called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to "take charge" by cracking the whip on corruption. He further urged the President to "take every necessary measure to protect the country from cartels in the oil industry and the agriculture sector making it difficult for ordinary Kenyans to cope with the rising cost of living."

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