The Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) has increased surveillance and heightened efforts to protect Kenyan farmers and ensure food security by eliminating counterfeit agricultural inputs from the market.
ACA, in collaboration with the National Police Service and other enforcement agencies, are leading efforts to combat the rising threat of fake farm inputs in the North Rift, especially Uasin Gishu and Nakuru counties.
The operation in Molo has led to the arrest of two suspects who are facing prosecution under the Anti-Counterfeit Act, 2008 after a confiscation of 233 bags of counterfeit fertilizer worth Sh23 million currently at the ACA's depot in Eldoret.
At a media briefing held in Eldoret ACA depot in the Kenya Industrial Estate yard, ACA Executive Director, Dr Robi Mbugua Njoroge, emphasized the grave threat that counterfeit fertilizers and agro-chemicals posed to the agricultural sector. "These counterfeit agricultural inputs not only pose a direct threat to Kenya's food security and economic stability but also compromises crop yields and also pose long-term environmental risks," Njoroge said.
