Kenya: Potato traders go back to extended packing bags use

The Ministry of Agriculture has started a fresh crackdown on traders violating potato packaging rules after some players started packing them in extended bags. Agriculture Principal Secretary Kellow Harsama said traders have to comply with the regulation, which was effected last year in order to save farmers from losses that they incur when the commodity weighed beyond the required 50 kilogrammes. Mr Harsama regretted that things have gone back to normal with traders using extended bags in the packaging of potatoes, just a year after the rule was effected. “It is unfortunate that much has not been done and cartels are packing potatoes in extended bags, we are not going to allow this as a ministry,” said Mr Harsama. READ: New rule on 50kg potato packaging takes effect April 2 Mr Harsama is the one who oversaw the implementation of Irish Potato 2019 regulations when he was the director general of the Agriculture and Food Authority before he resigned to contest for the gubernatorial ...