Former Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja has his work cut out in the revival of the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya (PPCK), initiated in 2021.
Samboja was appointed the chair of the PPCK board on May 23 by President William Ruto, five months after the company was earmarked for dissolution with the approval of the cabinet.
PPCK is among 49 state-owned companies whose operations were hanging on by a thread, having been forced to survive without government funding for the last two years.
The company has been operating at a negative capital of over Sh400 million, allegedly owes farmers and pensioners over Sh2 billion, and has numerous threatening court cases with saccos.
