Kello Harsama, the Secretary of Administration at the State Department of Crops in the Ministry of Agriculture (left) meets Meru governor Kiraitu Murungi on October 15, 2015 in the county headquarters. [Photo:Wainaina Ndung'u/Standard]
Even after Miraa was recognized as a cash crop by the government in 2016 and currently controls a Sh1 billion budgetary allocation, a series of setbacks locally have recently hit the sub sector.