How cartels worked with board to dish out billions

Senate Ad-hoc Committee on maize crisis members; from left Petronilla Were, Michael Mbito, Okongo Omogeni and Mary Seneta. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

A cartel of traders colluded with National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) officials to be paid the bulk of the Sh11.3 billion set aside for maize subsidies.

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officials yesterday told senators that the questionable payments by NCPB to a number of traders were made against false verification forms.