WETANGULA wants ROTICH and BETT prosecuted over Maize scandal – They flooded the markets with maize in 2017

DAILY POST: WETANGULA wants ROTICH and BETT prosecuted over Maize scandal – They flooded the markets with maize in 2017 Politics 02:15 Thursday November 29, 2018-Bungoma Senator, Moses Wetangula, wants Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Henry Rotich and former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Willy Bett, prosecuted over illegal maize importation in year 2017.
In a report he tabled on the floor of the house on Wednesday, Wetangula who is also the Ford Kenya party leader, said the two should be prosecuted for being behind the flooding of imported maize leading to price distortions. The report said the importation opened a floodgate for unscrupulous dealers to deliver maize to the National Strategic Reserve. “The two CSs must take responsibility for the Gazette Notices for the importation. And the CS agriculture should develop regulations and guidelines on importation of maize and other food crops, and table them before the Senate within 45 days, “read the report. “The crisis that led to the influx of duty-free maize was a ploy by both the public and private sector players to profiteer from distortion of the maize value chain. The Gazette Notices No 3575 dated April 13, 2017, No 6398 dated July 3, 2017 and 7248 dated July 27, 2017, were open ended and done without any valid reasons and justification,” the report added.

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