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Mutahi Kagwe: NCPB to mop up wheat stock, payments to farmers within 30 days

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By David Njaaga | Mar 03, 2025

**Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe.** [File, Standard]

The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will collect 321,000 bags of wheat from farmers starting Tuesday, March 4, to address a market crisis that left farmers stranded with stock.

Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said in a statement on Monday, March 3, payments to farmers will be made within 30 days of delivery to NCPB warehouses.

“A memorandum of understanding between NCPB and millers will see wheat collected by millers from NCPB, with payments made within 14 to 21 days,” said Kagwe after a meeting at Kilimo House in Nairobi.

The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh, NCPB Managing Director Samuel Karogo, Agriculture and Food Authority Director General Bruno Linyiru, Agricultural Cereals Millers Association Chief Executive Officer Paloma Fernandez and Cereal Growers Association Chief Executive Officer Anthony Kioko.