Police in Ngoma District arrested four people in connection with the theft of over 8 tones of Chemical fertilizers-DAP, which were meant for local agricultural Cooperative “Imbaraga.”
Four suspects are leaders of Imbaraga cooperative and they were arrested after inspection results which found that over 8 tones were not clear how they were used.
Recently a man called Ntakirutimana was arrested with 9 sacks of fertilizers which residents said he got through an illegal process.
However, after investigations, Ntakirutimana was released.
Fertilizers are meant to help local farmers to increase their farm production and thus improve their standards of living but not to be used for private interests.
However, Murisi Japhet, the Executive Secretary of Mutendeli sector says the fertilizers are illegally sold in neighboring Burundi.
Imbaraga Cooperative were meant to receive 25 tones of DAP and 10 Kilos of Maize seedlings and their leaders failed to acknowledge how 8 tones of them have been used.
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