How couple built sorghum milling firm after tax scare

Daniel Kinoti and his wife Ruth at their milling factory in Meru. PHOTO | LEOPOLD OBI | NMG

A few years ago, when the government tried to impose a 50 per cent levy on sorghum beer, a couple was left stranded with tonnes of grain they didn't know what to do with. But that would be an eye-opening experience for them to never rely on one market.

Today, Daniel Kinoti and his wife Ruth have turned a business they started as cereal aggregation into a milling factory employing several people besides providing ready market to hundreds of farmers.

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