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Brokers still defy law on potato packaging

A transporter carries a potato sack at Daraja Mbili market in Kisii. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Potato farmers are still being exploited by brokers who have defied new packaging laws introduced last month.

According to the new law, all potato must be packaged in 50-kilogramme bags before leaving farms for the market.

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