Friday, May 3, 2024 – Troubles for the embattled Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi have compounded just a day after MPs approved his impeachment.
This is after President William Ruto's government ordered
his arrest and prosecution alongside his Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh over
the fake fertilizer scandal.
DCI Detectives were Friday looking for Linturi and
Ronoh who are said to have gone into hiding.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution approved
charges for the two among others.
Officials said the two and five other senior officials
including those from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB)
had purportedly been summoned for processing.
“We are looking for them. They were supposed to come here
after being summoned but we are now looking for them,” said an official aware
of the issue.
It is alleged that NCPB Managing Director Joseph Kimote
is among those to be arrested again.
This is a separate file which is being investigated.
The DCI has opened nine separate files into the saga.
They were expected at the DCI headquarters in
Nairobi for processing.
Linturi is purportedly among those grilled by
police over the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of substandard fertilizer
to farmers under the fertilizer subsidy program.
He met police in his office last Friday during
which he was grilled for up to two hours, officials said.
Sources aware of the grilling said Linturi who was
accompanied by his advisers and legal team denied any role in the scam.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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