Muturi blames cartels for rising food prices

Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) presidential candidate Justin Muturi during their NDC at Bomas of Kenya on February 20, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has blamed cartels for the skyrocketing food prices and urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to address the matter urgently.

Mr Muturi said food continued to be expensive because of unscrupulous people holding the country at ransom. "Kenya has become a cartel economy. Cartels are licensed to exclusively import all the fertiliser, food and farm inputs. The Kenyan farmer is neglected intentionally so that the profiteers can make their kill, while Kenyans languish in poverty and hopelessness," he said.