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Five traders charged with theft of rice Sh7.1 million

By Renson Mnyamwezi | 7yrs ago

VOI, KENYA: Five traders were Monday charged in connection with the theft of 1125 bags of rice worth over Sh 7.1 million stolen along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway in Taita-Taveta County.

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