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Calls for NCPB to open its stores

Maize silos and driers at the Eldoret National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot. [Kevin Tunoi/Standard]

Farmers in North Rift say they still struggle to access the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCBP) drying and storage facilities, three weeks after President Uhuru Kenyatta directed the agency to lower charges.

Wheat farmers in Uasin Gishu County are drying their produce in open fields amid humid conditions caused by ongoing rains.

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