- Senators raise concerns over the condition of a major dairy investment in Bungoma.
- A costly generator becomes a key focus of the Webuye plant inspection.
- Senate committee questions cooperative leaders over the handling of factory assets.
Senators have demanded answers over a stalled Ksh200 million milk plant in Webuye, which lies idle and vandalised despite heavy public investment.
Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries toured the Webuye Milk Processing Plant in Bungoma County alongside Engineer Hebert Kibunguchi, the county’s Executive Committee Member for Agriculture. They found a facility left to decay.
Their sharpest concern was a newly installed generator worth Ksh5 million. Its components were stripped before it could be put into operation.
The tour followed an impromptu inspection on September 25, 2026, when the senators first flagged the plant’s worsening condition. They then ordered the county government to file a comprehensive report explaining how the facility reached this state. The committee also proposed an inquiry into how such a valuable public asset was allowed to fall into disrepair.
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Earlier, the committee had begun its oversight visit to Bungoma at Kitinda Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society in Bungoma Town, where it met the society’s Board of Management and county officials. Governance and operational challenges at the cooperative dominated the talks.
Senators pressed the board on the controversial sale of factory machinery and sought accountability over how the cooperative’s assets are managed and disposed of. They also took up wider concerns affecting members.
The committee said it remains committed to accountability, protecting public investments and defending farmers’ interests. It wants dairy infrastructure and cooperatives run transparently so that they deliver real value to farmers.
By Benedict Aoya
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