Nairobi, March 3 -- Maize millers have faulted the move by a parliamentary committee to reject disbursement of their pending Sh2.9 billion arising from the subsidy programme last year, even as the payment now becomes subject to audit query.

The Budget and Appropriations Committee chairperson Ndindi Nyoro said the payment is being rejected on the account of non-disclosure of the quantity of maize supplied and the areas in which the subsidised flour was supplied.

The move will now see the Auditor-General open an audit query on the subsidy programmes to dig into the truth in an exercise that millers say was executed within the set framework of the previous government.

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