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Exporters lose millions to UAE rogue importers

Okisegere Ojepat Chief Executive Officer Fresh Produce Consortium Of Kenya. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Kenyan exporters of fresh produce are counting massive losses at the hands of rogue buyers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The exporters said there are rising cases of rogue businessmen from the Gulf country posing as buyers only to vanish into thin air once they receive the produce.

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