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Treasury mum on NCPB push to raise funds from disposal of non-core assets
Summary
The government is yet to decide on the request for disposal of five non-core assets by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to raise funds to implement its new mandate.
NCPB board chairman Mutea Iringo told the National Assembly’s Agriculture Committee that the board requires Sh24.3 billion to effect its plans.
Friday April 16 2021
By EDWIN MUTAI
Summary
The government is yet to decide on the request for disposal of five non-core assets by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to raise funds to implement its new mandate.
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National Assembly Agriculture Committee Chairman Silas Tiren (right), flanked by maize farmers from North Rift, address the press at the Eldoret NCPB branch yesterday. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]
Maize farmers are up in arms after the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) reduced the price of produce per 90kg bag from Sh2,700 to Sh2,550.
Farmers from North Rift said they only discovered that the price had been reduced by Sh150 when they delivered maize at the NCPB depot in Eldoret.
They said the decision was made unilaterally and without notice.
Since December, farmers in the region have been selling produce to the state-owned board at Sh2,700 – a price they say was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.