A Kenyan man on Wednesday, May 22, confronted President William Ruto demanding compensation after spending Ksh250,000 on allegedly fake fertiliser.
The United States-based Kenyan expressed his displeasure after being granted an opportunity to address the president during the latter's meeting with a group of Kenyans living in the US.
While addressing his plight, the man narrated that he was a farmer from Narok County living in the US and that he bought the fertiliser from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) only to realise it was fake.
"I am a diaspora farmer and I do a lot of acreages of wheat and this planting season I lost Ksh250,000 on fake fertiliser and we are suffering," the man narrated.
According to the farmer, despite spending such a huge amount of money, he was yet to receive any compensation from the government as initially promised.
"I am not sure if the government knows or the government is a party to it because I am trying to fight for my refund," the man added.
Ruto who addressed the matter noted that the government had already rolled out a compensation scheme for all farmers who were affected by the menace.
According to the Head of State, the compensation would be free and would be done within the shortest time upon registration.
"We asked every farmer who bought fertiliser that was identified not to be good to register and 7,000 registered," Ruto clarified.
"Already we have begun compensation and you will get equivalent fertiliser without having to pay, It will be free of charge," the head of state added.
Ruto further clarified that top officials at NCPB had already been arrested and were awaiting prosecution upon completion of investigations.
"We have taken the Managing Director of Cereals Board out of office and all his team to court and we are going to deal with them decisively we are going to deal with the crooks," Ruto stated.
