Cereals agency bosses differ on maize quality

East Africa Exchange Quality and Assurance Officer Marion Waweru (left), National Cereals and Produce Board Chairman Geoffrey King’ang’i (centre) and board officials at the Eldoret Depot. The NCPB bosses have given contradicting statements on the quality of maize in their silos. (PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/ STANDARD)

The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) bosses have given contradicting statements on the quality of maize in their silos.

While the board’s Managing Director Newton Terer maintained that there are over 400,000 bags of bad maize in their stores, the chairman maintained that all their stored maize is fit for human consumption.