Commodities Fund tells court cash for miraa is safe

Miraa. (Photo/Courtesy)

The Commodities Fund is yet to finalise modalities on how the Sh180 million revolving fund will be channeled to miraa farmers. Appearing at a hearing in which a traders’ lobby has sued the government over the disbursement of the kitty, the Fund's Managing Trustee Nancy Cheruyoit told Meru High Court Judge Francis Gikonyo that the money had been transferred to its accounts at the tail end of the 2019/20 financial year.

Cheruyoit told the court that none of its officers have been threatened, harassed or ordered to transfer the amount to a private entity, and that the law and formal public and stakeholder consultation will guide disbursement.