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Some Trans Nzoia farmers reject private warehousing for their crop

National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) warehouse in Nakuru town. It is among the grain storage facilities certified for the Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) programme. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Nakuru].

A section of farmers from Trans Nzoia has opposed the warehouse receipt system, saying the initiative is meant to hoodwink them and instead benefit middlemen that their expense.

The government-spearheaded program seeks to provide storage space for farmers' produce at a fee of about Sh50 per bag of dry cereals stored for a year in any of the certified and registered warehouses.

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