Premium
New KCC to pay dairy farmers Sh500m dues
New KCC Managing Director Nixon Sigey on October 22, 2015. He has said the government will pay Sh500 million owed to dairy farmers who supplied milk to the old Kenya Cooperative Creameries more than 20 years ago. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The farmers had demanded the government’s intervention after the company failed to honour its promise to pay them for their deliveries.
- Thousands of farmers had “suffered enough” after their payment claims were not honoured.
The government has finally agreed to pay Sh500 million owed to dairy farmers who supplied milk to the old Kenya Cooperative Creameries more than 20 years ago.
The farmers had demanded the government’s intervention after the company failed to honour its promise to pay them for their deliveries.
