Three suspects have been arrested, and 737 bags of stolen subsidized fertilizer have been recovered in Kitale, Kenya’s Rift Valley.
Ali Abdi Fatah, Abdi Jabar Hussein, and Bonface Ouma Awili were arrested at the Baraka shop cereal store in Matisi market, along the Kitale-Endebess road.
“Following increased cases of theft of Government subsidized fertilizer from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots by rogues who then sneak it out of the country, the DCI Operations Support Unit (OSU) deployed to curb the vice have successfully intercepted and recovered 737 bags of assorted brands of the fertilizer and arrested three suspects,” said the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
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The assorted brands included 424 bags of Falcon CAN, 43 bags of Tupande, 98 bags of Mavuno, 71 bags of KEL Green NPK (50 kgs each), 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 one bag of NAFAKA Plus weighing 50kg.
The detectives also recovered delivery notes from NCPB Kitale, Malaba, Moi’s Bridge, Isiolo and Maua NCPB depots, whose authentication is underway.
The trio are being held in police custody pending arraignment.
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