How maize farmers lost millions to con artists

Workers harvest maize

Maize farmers in the North Rift have lost millions of shillings to fraudsters who have flocked the region to buy produce on credit at attractive prices, ostensibly on behalf of the Word Food Programme (WFP) and other humanitarian agencies, but close shop before making payments.

Security teams in the region have arrested a prime suspect behind the multimillion-shilling maize scam following protests by farmers in Uasin Gishu County who have lost close to a million bags of the crop to the tricksters.

The suspect, Kairo Nyinya Sammy, was arrested after defrauding farmers in Ziwa, Eldoret West sub-county of 700 bags of maize offering Sh3,000 per 90 kilogrammes as compared to Sh1,6000 offered by most private millers.

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