The Governor of Meru County H.E. Kiraitu Murungi accompanied by Meru County Secretary and Head of Public Service Hon. Rufus Miriti, and Miraa farmers and traders Chairman Moses Lichoro, yester evening led a delegation of Miraa stakeholders in talks with
the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development on alternative Miraa markets that Meru County seeks to be explored in Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) and Maputo in Mozambique.
Governor Kiraitu-led Miraa delegation held lengthy and extensive discussions with officials from the State Department of Trade and Enterprise Development led by Cabinet Secretary Hon. Betty Maina and Permanent Secretary Amb. Johnson Weru.
The meeting comes after recent setbacks in the efforts initiated by Governor Kiraitu on the reopening of Miraa market in Somalia, which now require to be addressed at the diplomatic level. The Governor had hoped the Somalia market would be opened by now.
“I wish to thank the Government of President Uhuru Kenyatta for being the first regime in Kenya to actively recognize and promote Miraa, as well as Miraa farmers and traders from Meru County by legalizing and passing a law to support the crop,” he said.
The mandate of the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development is to help promote Kenyan exports to markets that have shown potential.
After yesterday’s meeting it is anticipated that by the end of the third quarter next year ending around March in 2021, a review will be done on the progress that will have been made in the drive to explore the new export markets.
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