DCI agents impound stolen fertilizer valued at Sh1.8mn in Trans-Nzoia » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 15 — Detectives in Trans-Nzoia have detained three suspects with 739 bags of stolen fertilizer valued at Sh1.8 million along the Kitale-Endebess road.

Agents attached to the Operations Support Unit (OSU) of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested Ali Abdi Fatah, Abdi Jabar Hussein, and Bonface Ouma Awili at a cereal store in Matisi market.

DCI, in a statement on Tuesday, said the fertilizer included 424 bags of Falcon CAN, 43 bags of Tupande, 98 bags of Mavuno, and 71 50kg bags of KEL Green NPK.

The agents also recovered 20 bags of NPSB-OCP, four bags of DAP-OCP, 26 bags of FOMI OTESHA, 34 bags of Simba Urea, 16 bags of FALCON Ammonia Sulphate and a bag of NAFAKA Plus weighing 50kg.

The DCI said the suspects had delivery notes from National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots in Kitale, Malaba, Moi’s Bridge, Isiolo and Maua.

The agency was verifying the authenticity of the delivery notes amid concerns over collusion in NCPB depots to frustrate the fertilizer subsidy.

The development comes amid a parliamentary probe of substandard fertilizer after it emerged some of the fertilizer brands supplied by NCPB fell short of pre-authorized requirements.

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