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Mixed feelings in North Rift over verdict on Linturi

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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The stand taken by members of the parliamentary select committee probing the fake fertilizer scandal to clear Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has elicited mixed reactions from farmers in the Rift Valley and Mt Kenya regions.

A section of agricultural producers yesterday said there is a need to overhaul the entire Ministry and institutions, including the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), saying the CS lacked good advisers.

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