Potato farmers protest against middlemen bags

Potato farmers Paul Nabu Gikuni (left) and Stephen Wanyoike with an extended sack of potatoes at Soko Mjinga market along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. (Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard)

Potato farmers yesterday took to the streets to protest against what they termed as exploitation by middlemen.

The farmers said the brokers buy the commodity in extended bags and later repackage them into 50kg bags before selling them in Nairobi and other markets.