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Crackdown on macadamia cartels key to sector growth

Macadamia produce on a farm after harvest at Gatitu Village in Nyeri on 27 March 2024. [Kibata Kihu/Standard]

On 25 May this year, the Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) issued a statement denying the authenticity of a letter dated 21 May 2025, which purported to authorise the export of raw (in-shell) macadamia nuts.

AFA stated that the forged letter bore the name and signature of the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, highlighting the daring lengths to which cartels in the nut sector are willing to go to sabotage reforms.

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