Bungoma county police have confiscated 120 bags of suspected counterfeit fertilizer.
The incident unfolded as a truck transporting the fertilizer to the ward administrator’s offices situated at the Kanduyi NGCDF premises in the Kanduyi Constituency was intercepted and impounded.
Bungoma County Senator Wakoli Wafula while addressing the media at Bungoma Police Station expressed his concerns over the irregular transportation, repackaging and transfer of this fertilizer.
Wakoli says the shipment occurred during the weekend, in clear violation of government regulations and the transfer of the fertilizer from the trucks was being done at a petrol station raising eyebrows by the residents.
He has called on the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) to assess the authenticity of the product with the findings determining whether legal action should be taken against the perpetrators.
Bungoma south OCPD Jeff Wilson Muraya, confirmed the incident saying even as the investigations continue, the impounded truck remains a key piece of evidence.
