Officials defend administration as MCAs question sh4.3m earthworms project

The 2017 /18 Auditor General report revealed that the county paid Sh4.3 million for the earthworms’ project in the 2017/2018 financial year, a project that has turned out to be a white elephant. [Darlington Manyara/Standard]

Meru Deputy Governor Titus Ntuchiu and Agriculture executive Karwitha Kiugu have defended the county after Auditor General Edward Ouko raised questions on a Sh4.3 million earthworms project.

The two officials maintained that the project was clean, even as Mr Ouko said a "needs assessment" had not been undertaken before its start.