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Farmers want 'favourable' law after MPs shoot down 'Ndengu' bill

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Nyamai Muithya, a ndengu farmer in Maliku village in Kitui county. [File, Standard]

Green grams farmers in Tharaka Nithi and Meru counties have lauded the National Assembly for shooting down the Mung (Ndengu) Bill (2022) and are now pushing for a favourable law.

The farmers have now placed their hopes in a joint committee of the National Assembly and Senate to come up with a favourable law to empower them.

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