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Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Paul Kiprono Rono today toured Michimikuru and Githongo Tea factories in Meru County.During the visit,the PS ordered investigations into suspected incidences of fraud and the registration of three suspicious companies in the name of Michimikuru Tea Factory,believed to have been used by crooks to siphon millions of shillings belonging to local tea farmers.The PS directed Kenya Tea Development Authority to refund farmers all the monies deducted from their pay for fertilisers and other inputs,adding that government provided subsidised fertilisers to support small holder famers in the sector.Dr Rono ordered the local DCI to probe criminal activities by various cartels targetting farmers by falsifying weight and illegal calibration with the intention of stealing from farmers.He further announced that his office will next week dispatch a team of experts to also join in the investigations in order to close in on conmen and cartels defrauding the Meru Tea farmers.He reiterated government commitment to turn around the tea sector and urged local farmers to increase production saying ground is being cleared to make tea farming a great venture once again.

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