Nairobi, Feb. 13 -- The Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) cannot store food crops in warehouses because they are leaking and in a deplorable state, a parliamentary team has been told.

KNTC told Parliament that the corporation has 10 warehouses which are in disrepair.

KNTC said its warehouses in Mombasa, Nairobi and Nakuru are leaking and that it had been forced to rent private go-downs to keep the subsidised fertiliser and other food commodities.

Purity Kimathi, a general manager told MPs that KNTC warehouses land in Kapsabet and Loita Street have court cases. It also has warehouses and land in Kericho, Nanyuki and Naivasha which are dilapidated.

KNTC, in 2020, received an additional mandate to undertake mopping up, warehousin...