EACC arrests PS Lesiyampe over irregular purchase of maize

Agriculture PS Richard Lesiyampe. He has been arrested. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

The chickens have come home to roost for government and cereals board officials implicated in the multi-billion-shilling scandal that rocked the purchase of maize from Kenyan farmers.

Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji on Thursday directed the arrest and prosecution of Agriculture Principal Secretary Richard Lesiyampe and six others over the irregular purchase.

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