The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has blacklisted 62 farmers and companies that supplied maize to National Cereals and Produce Board last year. In a letter to the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund that was tabled yesterday before a parliamentary committee, EACC said the 62 were “persons and entities of interest” and were under investigation. Among the individuals who have been blacklisted is Celestine Chepchirchir who supplied 219,236 bags of maize to the NCPB depot in Eldoret. Caroline Chepchumba supplied 126,962 bags to the Kisumu depot and was expecting to be paid Sh223,383,501. More on this: Inside story of the NCPB maize scamClick here for the latest political news

Source: The Star November 06, 2018 21:11 UTC