The Judiciary has yet again delt the Executive arm of Government another huge blow by granting orders stopping any public participation in the sale of the Mwea Rice Mill which is among 11 parastatals earmarked for privatization by the government.
Kerugoya High Court issued the orders following a petition by two farmers challenging the Government’s decision.
Justice Richard Mwongo in his orders said that the respondent Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and the Attorney General had not responded to the petition by the two farmers.
The proposed sale of the mill has created outrage and perplexity among farmers, who wonder why their mill is being sold whereas other rice projects, like as Ahero and Mbura, have never been sold.
So far the parastatals earmarked for privatization are Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC), Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB), National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) and Kenya Seed Company Limited (KSC)., Western Kenya Rice Mills Ltd (WKRM), Numerical Machining Complex Limited (NMC), Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers Limited (KVM) and Moi University-owned Rivatex East Africa Limited (REAL).
