The government has released Sh500 million to pay 89 maize farmers cleared by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for stocks supplied to the National Cereals and Produce Board in the controversial 2017/18 purchase window.
Of this amount, some Sh147million has already been received by 21 growers—marking the end of a long wait for the farmers who had been affected by a decision by the State to freeze the payments amid concerns that some brokers may have infiltrated the maize purchase scheme at the expense of genuine farmers.
