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Fake fertiliser saga: Linturi orders closure of KEL Chemicals factory

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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi. [Bonbiface Okendo, Standard]

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has ordered the immediate closure of Thika-based KEL Chemicals Company for supplying the government with three thousand bags of 'substandard' fertilizer.

"I have directed the withdrawal of the manufacturing license for the KEL Chemicals Factory and its immediate closure pending probe by our investigative authorities," wrote Linturi on his official X account.

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