Over 73 tons of cereals found to be contaminated at
Through the analysis of the
A total of 444 sacks of maize, 265 of Beans and 86 of Rice were received at the Cement plant in Mombasa from Kakamega County for the incineration of the cereals in compliance with procedures of the
Addressing the Media at the
Maniafu said that they specifically came to
He said that they first checked with KEMRI incinerator, Kisumu, which incinerates 100kg per hour and Moi Teaching and
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"There has been good will from the Regional Police Commander on the transport sector, we would have spent 360,000 to transport this material here but it was given on good will by one of the major transporters who had his tracks moving from Malaba to Kakamega then transporting the material here at his cost including fuel," Maniafu added.
He emphasized that there are no financial gains attached to this process because even the Governor of Kakamega County made a donation of 500,000 to aid the process and other logistics.
The taskforce allocated to this process fully represented parents, teachers, Regional Director of Education and Security.
He disclosed that the School store was found to be contaminated but he assured the parents that the government has made sure that the food has been destroyed in accordance with the law.
The Deputy Principal Mukumu Girls,
He expressed his gratitude to
"We also want to appreciate the multi-agency team for coordinating this activity because we are opening school very soon and we needed this food out so we can get a new stock of certified food in the school before the students resume school," Odera said.
He went on to reassure that the school has discontinued all previous food suppliers and that they have brought on board the Public Health to inspect all food coming into the school and have them certified through testing in their laboratory.
"We have also worked on our water system, with the good will of the
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