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State trader on spot as audit flags Sh40m rotting food, grave financial lapses

KNTC is on the brink, with liabilities exceeding assets by Sh3.2 billion

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by MOSES OGADA

News04 August 2025 - 07:59
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Auditor General Nancy Gathungu./FILE

An audit has red-flagged a Sh40.6 million mountain of rotting food worth millions of shillings at the Kenya National Trading Corporation.

 The audit uncovered damaged and unsellable food stock, mostly rice and cooking oil, left to decay due to overstocking, poor handling and weak oversight by KNTC.

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