One arrested as police nab 80 bags of expired fertilizer in Nakuru

According to a police report on the incident, the substandard fertilizer was being transported from Fertiplant East Africa Limited in Nakuru in a canter lorry of registration number KCP 276X.

The officers, who were acting on intelligence, rushed to the scene and found the lorry loaded with 80 bags of single Superphosphate fertilizer (SSP) with the expiry date indicated as March 2018.

“Preliminary investigations established that the 80 bags of 50 kgs fertilizer from MEA factory in Nakuru was dispatched by the caretaker Mr John Kamau to Williamson Tea in Kericho. Williamson Tea after verification returned the consignment to MEA factory in Nakuru since the fertilizer had its expiry date indicated on the bag as March 2018,” reads the police report.

The fertilizer was seized and transported to Kaptembwa police station to be kept as an exhibit.

Meanwhile, John Kamau Mungai, who authorized the release of the consignment from the MEA factory, has since been arrested.