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It’s risky to transfer role of food trust to cereals board, say MPs

Maize farmers in Uasin Gishu County. There are plans to dissolve Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund.

A section of Members of Parliament want plans to dissolve the Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund (SFRTF) and its functions transferred to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) halted.

Lugari MP Ayub Savula and his Cherangany counterpart Joshua Kuttuny said the move will create room for some individuals to misuse the Sh10 billion allocated to the body and give a field day to unscrupulous maize importers.

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