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Meru leaders and farmers celebrate improved miraa prices

Kiriamana Tharicia in his miraa farm at Laare in Igembe North, Meru. He has 600 mikiraa trees, 400 of them inherited from his father who died in 2001. A tree can be harvested for as long as 700 years. He earns at least Sh100, 000 monthly from the crop. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

Celebration rocked Meru County after Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced new improved prices for the stimulant crop.

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