The law society of Kenya has called for the prosecution of those implicated in the fake fertilizer scandal.
LSK President faith Adhiambo has urged Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi to give a status report on the ongoing investigation of the fake fertilizer scandal noting that the state should charge those found culpable
This is after the senior management of Kel Chemicals, the company at the center of the ongoing fake fertilizer probe by Parliament, implicated senior government officials in the scandal.
“Should the Ministry fail to put in place the recommended and other necessary measures by lapse of our demand period, we will take necessary against all parties involved and bestowed with authority in the matter,” LSK President Faith Odhiambo stated.
In an effort to hold the government accountable, Odhiambo urged farmers countrywide to register their complaints about the fake fertilizer in its regional offices.
LSK plans to use the details provided by the farmers to file a class action lawsuit against the government on their behalf.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) says it will institute a class action lawsuit against the government within two weeks if it fails to compensate farmers affected by the fake fertiliser scandal.
Appearing before the National Assembly’s Agriculture Committee, Kel Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Devesh Patel dragged the names of senior government officials attached to the Office of the President, KEBS and the National Cereals and Produce Board into the scandal.
Patel told the Committee of a high-stakes meeting he allegedly attended with the senior public servants, moments before his unprecedented arrest, alleging that he was arrested and detained at a police station after the meeting ended prematurely.
The allegations from Patel come barely a week after Kel Chemical’s factory was inspected and later closed by Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi over alleged involvement in the fake fertilizer scandal.