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State plans to revive pyrethrum company amid insolvency claims

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu, in the latest report, revealed that Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya is insolvent. [File, Standard] 

The Ministry of Agriculture plans to revive the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya (PCCK) amid claims of insolvency and sabotage by a section of managers.

This came as Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh and the company’s chair Granton Samboja, exposed wrangles in leadership.

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