Explain whereabouts of Sh1b pledge, ministry asked

Workers harvest miraa at a farm near Kangeta market in Meru County. Photo: Joseph Muchiri/Standard)

Miraa traders have asked the Agriculture ministry to explain when farmers will receive Sh1 billion that the President said would provided to cushion the industry against the effects of a miraa ban in Europe.

Last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered that Sh1billion be given to miraa farmers through the ministry to cushion them from losses as a result of a ban on the commodity in some European markets.