Nairobi, April 10 -- An owner of a firm blacklisted over substandard fertiliser stunned MPs on Tuesday when he admitted that he is not aware of the kind of fertiliser he has been supplying to the government.

SBL Innovate Manufacturers Limited director Josiah Kariuki told the National Assembly's Agriculture Committee that he approached the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) on March 20, 2022, for a business opportunity to supply fertiliser. This was after he had used some silica-based fertiliser from African Diatomite Industries Limited (ADIL) that did well on his farm in Rumuruti, Laikipia County.

In what sounded like previous scandals like the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority saga where a passerby got a contract to supply masks ...