Miraa farmers excited as major rivals jostle for political mileage

URP chairman Meru county James Mithika on his miraa farm in Laare,Igembe North,Meru county. He says that the ameru people wont allow politicians who have their own hidden agendas to use miraa as their political merchandise in wooing voters to elect them. PHOTO: PETER MUTHOMI.

Meru leaders have welcomed the Sh1 billion injection to the struggling miraa sub-sector even as farmers await a weekend visit by Opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Political leaders and miraa stakeholders in Meru were yesterday a joyous lot after President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the amended Crops Act to recognise the stimulant as a cash crop.