Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo on Friday called for Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri to be sacked and charged with economic crimes.
Kabogo claimed that it was Kiunjuri who connected unscruplous traders to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB).
He further claimed that among the "briefcase farmers" who were promptly paid for massive quantities of cheap imported maize were MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto.
Kabogo was responding to a video taken at the Nairobi ASK show on Thursday which captured President Uhuru Kenyatta giving Kiunjuri a piece of his mind.
"[Kiunjuri] should be fired and charged with economic crime together with his briefcase farmers.
"It’s him who was referring them to the board including MPs especially the tanga tanga movement," he wrote.
An angry Uhuru was seen pointing at Kiunjuri shortly after giving a speech attacking NCPB officials over the saga.
NCPB is yet to pay Sh3.5 billion to farmers who delivered maize since last year, leading a section of Jubilee lawmakers to promise to lead anti-government protests.
Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter and his Moiben counterpart Silas Tiren had given the government until Monday to pay the farmers failure to which they would initiate massive demonstrations.
Keter maintained that the government was intent on frustrating local farmers so as to flood the market with cheap imports.
