Nairobi, April 12 -- The government has withdrawn the licence of KEL Chemicals, the Thika-based company alleged to have supplied farmers with substandard fertilisers under the government fertiliser subsidy programme.

This was said by the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi moments after visiting the aforementioned company and inspecting where the fertiliser was manufactured, mixed, packaged and eventually distributed to farmers across the country.

"I want to confirm that we have withdrawn the licence of KEL chemicals and this area is now considered a crime scene with no operations until the Investigations on this matter are completed," he said.

The CS also said the State will not release any money owed to KEL for the bags the...