Officials of a State agency spent Sh5 billion above what had been budgeted for to purchase maize from farmers, a court has heard.
Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji told a magistrate's court yesterday that the Strategic Food Reserve Oversight Board (SFROB) had planned to spend Sh6 billion to buy maize from farmers for the financial year 2017/2018, but the amount went up to Sh11 billion.