No end to maize farmers’ woes as Government admits cartels run show

Farmers demonstrate at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in Eldoret on Thursday to push the government to pay them for maize supplied to the agency. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]

Maize farmers in the food basket of North Rift are staring at a crisis as errors by the government pushes them to the deep end.

With the planting season already underway, the Government is yet to avail cheap fertiliser as is the tradition.