date:Feb 09, 2014
Macadamia farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga Counties have been forced to spend night in the cold to guard their macadamia from thieves who harvesting them before they are ripe. Farmers have been forced to sleep in shifts in the farms, some armed with bows and arrows to protect their nuts.
James Murithi Mithaara Eastern Region Coordinator Macadamia Biashara says that the invasion of the macadamia by thugs at night is putting the 2 billion industry at risk of being banned at the international marke