Family that was paid nearly half a billion shillings in maize scandal speaks out

Victoria Rotich shows one of her maize planters.She plants over 1000 acres of maize. [photo/Fred Kibor, Standard]

The Eldoret “farmer by default” who scooped nearly half a billion shillings in the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) payments believes she was cut out for athletics.

Victoria Rotich, 62, betrays the image of a disappointed village millionaire when we caught up with her on her expansive Kabiyet farm in Moiben. She is disappointed that fruits of her labour and the sweat of her brow have been turned into a scandal.