Mr Terer, who had started his second term at the grain handler last year, is said to have opted to resign before being fired for failing to vet grain that was bought by the agency, locking thousands of genuine farmers out.
There have been complaints that traders benefitted in selling maize that they had procured in Uganda at a cheap price and selling it expensively to NCPB at the expense of farmers.
The Agriculture ministry has picked Albin Sang as the acting chief executive of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) following Newton Terer's resignation on Sunday.
Principal Secretary Richard Lesiyampe on Monday also announced the suspension of the Lake, Western, North and South Rift managers to allow investigations into malpractices at the board.
The ministry had been expected to announce changes at the board following Mr Terer's controversial exit.
Mr Terer, who had started his second term at the grain handler last year, is said to have opted to resign before being fired for failing to vet grain that was bought by the agency, locking thousands of genuine farmers out.
There have been complaints that traders benefitted in selling maize that they had procured in Uganda at a cheap price and selling it expensively to NCPB at the expense of farmers.
Last week, the government said there was no immediate plans to purchase more maize from farmers having achieved its target for 2017/18 financial year.
NCPB, which has been paying Sh3,200 per 90 kilogramme bag, stopped buying maize from growers two months back citing their stores are full, locking out farmers’ grain.
The board is also grappling with a fertiliser scandal, where officials have been conniving with unscrupulous people to repackage the subsidised commodity for commercial sale.
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