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State opposes Sh1.7b suit against Pyrethrum Regulatory Authority

By Daniel Chege | Nov. 5, 2020

**A worker inspecting Pyrethrum Flowers at Pyrethrum Processing company of Kenya (PPCK) Nakuru**. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The state wants a suit filed by a pyrethrum sacco over Sh1.7 billion debt struck out. State lawyer Victor Ondieki, told Judge Teresia Matheka the suit was time-barred and would waste court's time.

Ondieki said the suit filed by Pareto sacco society had exaggerated figures of the alleged debts owed to it by Pyrethrum Regulatory Authority (PRA). “The suit is defective as it has been filed six years after the course of action arose,” reads the objection.

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