Agriculture top brass camps in cashew area

 

In Summary

• The top bras at the Ministry of for Agriculture is camping in cashew nut growing regions as leaders seek a smooth execution of President John Magufuli’s order for the army to buy up all the cashew nuts produced in the country.
• The President said on Monday that the army will buy the cashew nuts a price of Sh3,300 per kilogram after private companies refused to pay the Sh3,000/kilogram price that was fixed by the government, in a row that resulted into the firing of former Agriculture Minister Dr Dr Charles Tizeba and his Industry, Trade and Investment counterpart, Mr Charles Mwijage.

By Elias Msuya @TheCitizenTZ news@tz.nationmedia.com