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BY LUKE KAPCHANGA DN/WEBUYE ELECTION 18/4/2005
Former Webuye member of parliament Mr Joash Wa Mangoli has joined the race for the directorship of the Kenya Sugar Board to represent the Nzoia outgrower sugar scheme.
But as the list for the contenders keeps growing by the day farmers are suspicious of aspirants to KSB of people with tainted records, who are associated with corrupt deals in the sugar industry.
Mr Joshua Wepukhulu who is vying for the seat has called on farmers to reject contenders who served whether at Nzoia sugar company or NOCO in various capacities.
He claimed that this were the same people who colluded with corrupt managers to create suffering for farmers by taking loans on behalf of the institutions and failed to service them and leaving the burden to farmers.
He alleged that one of the aspirant imported heavy machinery over ten years ago while he was the chief executive of Nzoia sugar company which is a waste and can not be used.
He said the machinery which was valued at around 2 billion is lying idle at the factory yard and cost the company financial loss.
Speaking at Makhele market ,Mr Wepukhulu challenged former NOCO directors to explain to farmers on the loss of shs.11 million retetion money before seeking to represent them to other offices.
He claimed NOCO directors used farmers money without their knowledge to purchase a condemned house in Bungoma town at an inflated price and can not account for the loss of a tractor which disappeared at the company offices.
On his part Mr Busolo mantains that his record was clean because he tried his best to serve the farmers under difficult circumstances.
He said that the sugar industry is dogged with a multitude of problems and it requires a sober mind to settle them one by one.
He told farmers to be patient as he tries to look for the best formula to solve the problem on non-payment for the delivered crop at the factory and loss of records.
Mr Busolo called of farmers not to be misled about the role of KSB in the sugar industry because it does not deal with individual problems.
Mr Simon Maniafu a farmer defended the performance of Mr Busolo saying that his participation enabled Nzoia sugar company to get a bigger share of shs.300million to clear farmers debts.
He maimtained that no other factory recieved such a bigger amount to pay farmers and the credit should go to the area diretor of KSB for convincing the board aboiut the suffering of his people.
He accused local MPs, Mr Wafula Wamunyinyi of Kanduyi and Mr Sylivester Wakoli of Bumula for misleading farmers that Mr Busolo reduced the price of cane per done to punish them.
"The decision to lower cane price was collective after the KSB sanctioned its pricing committee were Mr Busolo is a member to come out with recomendations," Mr Maniafu said.
He accused the two Mps for goiung round the district to de-campaign the outgoing director mixing politics with sugar issues and inciting the farmers against him.
The other aspirants are Mr Lucas Watta, Sulleiman Murunga, Francis Wabuke,Mr Kikai Wa Mwanja and Mr Wilson Webi.
BY LUKE KAPCHANGA DN/WEBUYE ELECTION 18/4/2005
Former Webuye member of parliament Mr Joash Wa Mangoli has joined the race for the directorship of the Kenya Sugar Board to represent the Nzoia outgrower sugar scheme.
Mr Wa Mangoli is opposing the
re-election of the outgoing diretor and also former MP Mr Saulo Busolo
on grounds that farmers never benefited from KSB in the past three
years.
Mr Wa Mangoli is the Nzoia outgrower company(NOCO) diretor
representing district 4 and is upbeat that if elected payment for
farmers will improve.But as the list for the contenders keeps growing by the day farmers are suspicious of aspirants to KSB of people with tainted records, who are associated with corrupt deals in the sugar industry.
Mr Joshua Wepukhulu who is vying for the seat has called on farmers to reject contenders who served whether at Nzoia sugar company or NOCO in various capacities.
He claimed that this were the same people who colluded with corrupt managers to create suffering for farmers by taking loans on behalf of the institutions and failed to service them and leaving the burden to farmers.
He alleged that one of the aspirant imported heavy machinery over ten years ago while he was the chief executive of Nzoia sugar company which is a waste and can not be used.
He said the machinery which was valued at around 2 billion is lying idle at the factory yard and cost the company financial loss.
Speaking at Makhele market ,Mr Wepukhulu challenged former NOCO directors to explain to farmers on the loss of shs.11 million retetion money before seeking to represent them to other offices.
He claimed NOCO directors used farmers money without their knowledge to purchase a condemned house in Bungoma town at an inflated price and can not account for the loss of a tractor which disappeared at the company offices.
On his part Mr Busolo mantains that his record was clean because he tried his best to serve the farmers under difficult circumstances.
He said that the sugar industry is dogged with a multitude of problems and it requires a sober mind to settle them one by one.
He told farmers to be patient as he tries to look for the best formula to solve the problem on non-payment for the delivered crop at the factory and loss of records.
Mr Busolo called of farmers not to be misled about the role of KSB in the sugar industry because it does not deal with individual problems.
Mr Simon Maniafu a farmer defended the performance of Mr Busolo saying that his participation enabled Nzoia sugar company to get a bigger share of shs.300million to clear farmers debts.
He maimtained that no other factory recieved such a bigger amount to pay farmers and the credit should go to the area diretor of KSB for convincing the board aboiut the suffering of his people.
He accused local MPs, Mr Wafula Wamunyinyi of Kanduyi and Mr Sylivester Wakoli of Bumula for misleading farmers that Mr Busolo reduced the price of cane per done to punish them.
"The decision to lower cane price was collective after the KSB sanctioned its pricing committee were Mr Busolo is a member to come out with recomendations," Mr Maniafu said.
He accused the two Mps for goiung round the district to de-campaign the outgoing director mixing politics with sugar issues and inciting the farmers against him.
The other aspirants are Mr Lucas Watta, Sulleiman Murunga, Francis Wabuke,Mr Kikai Wa Mwanja and Mr Wilson Webi.
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