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Wheat import order irks farmers

A wheat farm in Moiben, Uasin Gishu County. [Kevin Tunoi/Standard]

Cereals producers in the Rift Valley have protested the East African Community (EAC) protocol that allows millers to import wheat at a subsidised rate.

They termed the move impractical considering that local farmers are about to harvest their crop.

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