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Video of fertiliser being hauled away emerges as probe into Embu NCPB looting continues

The video shows dozens of individuals in a frenzied scramble as they rush to grab the fertiliser.

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by FELIX KIPKEMOI

News29 June 2025 - 11:34
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In Summary


  • Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe on Friday disclosed that the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot in Maua, Meru County was looted and vandalised.
  • According to Kagwe who has since condemned the incident, over 7,354 bags of fertiliser each weighing 50kgs were looted.
A group of individuals are seen carrying the fertilizer on their heads/SCREENGRAB 
A video clip has resurfaced online showing looters brazenly hauling away fertilizer amid the revelation by the government that farm inputs worth Sh29.5 million were stolen during the June 25, protests in Embu.

The footage shows dozens of individuals in a frenzied scramble as they rush to grab the fertiliser. 

Some are seen carrying the bags on their backs, while others balance them beneath their heads before disappearing into the crowd amid the chaos.

The video clip has been captured outside a shopping center.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe disclosed Friday in a statement that the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot in Maua, Meru county was looted and vandalised.

According to Kagwe who has since condemned the incident, over 7,354 bags of fertiliser each weighing 50kgs were looted.

This, as he urged security officers to pursue those involved and ensure it is recovered.

"We urge the National Police Service to act with urgency in apprehending those involved in the looting and vandalism, recover the stolen fertiliser and prosecuted in accordance with the law," he said.

The stolen fertiliser, Kagwe noted, was intended for farmers this planting season and that such an act could trigger a crisis in both food and cash crop production.

He described the act as a direct assault on the country's food security.

"This reckless act jeopardises the ability of our farmers to grow food, feed their families, and support the national economy," Kagwe said.

"Those who rob, destroy, and loot public installations like the NCPB are not demonstrators, they are criminals and anarchists and they must be treated as such," he stated.

"We must never confuse democratic rights with anarchy. Peaceful demonstrations are being hijacked by criminals."

He stressed that while democratic rights must be upheld, they must never be abused to justify lawlessness.

The CS warned that such actions erode the integrity of peaceful protest and threaten national stability.

"Just as brutality and loss of life are unacceptable, so too is the wanton destruction of public property and theft of critical agricultural inputs."

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