Farmers set up Sh450m maize milling plant to ward off cartels

Offloading of factory machines at the newly established Moisoy maize milling plant owned by Uasin Gishu farmers in July 2021. (Courtesy)

Farmers from Uasin Gishu County, through their saccos, have established a Sh450 million maize milling plant that will offer better prices for their produce.

In early 2019, large-scale farmers in the country’s grain basket decided to take on middlemen by initiating the process of setting up their own maize milling plant.