Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi finally gave out names of people who have direct authority and gave go ahead for procurement of fake fertiliser.
Speaking during his grilling at the National Assembly Committee, Mithika Linturi said that he has no direct role in the fake fertiliser and there is only two people with such roles.
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According to Linturi, Agriculture PS Paul Rono and NCPB boss Joseph Kimote are the ones who have direct authority and therefore should be the one on the receiving end, distancing himself.
“Anyone who directly or indirectly has no responsibility under the law may not be blamed for the fake fertiliser but those people vested with the responsibility of procurement are the ones who are supposed to be answerable.”
Linturi further revealed that NCPB managing director was suspended last week without a clear idea why the board took the step.
“NCPB is a state agency in my ministry with an accounting officer who is the MD, with responsibilities defined by an Act of Parliament. My role in the NCPB is to appoint the managing director on recommendation of the board.”
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Following these revelations, the committee that is responsible for investigating grounds of Impeachment of Agriculture CS Linturi agreed that PS Rono and Kel Chemicals chief operations officer Devesh Patel should testify.