The Mountain Journal Team
It is an abuse for a leading hotel in Kenya to be importing tonnes of potatoes for its outlets countrywide when the local produce is being fed to livestock following alleged substandard product.
KFC revealed it was importing potatoes used in the outlets from Egypt citing quality of the produce alleging Kenyas’ farmers are far below.
The revelation opened a can of worms as the locals took to twitter calling on the Ministry of Agriculture to investigate the matter.
After the social media platform condemnations Kenyans said they preferred eating chips mwitu saying they are better than those bought from the internationally ranked facility.
Samson the Hustler took the food chain to his social media account saying the Kenyans have been taken for a ride for long as the alleged international standards blocked the firm from buying the locally grown potatoes.
“Say no to KFC, they can't buy our potatoes because of international QA reasons,'' said the Hustler.
Farmers from Nyandarua were first to condemn the importation citing the county has the capacity to supply the requirement for the KFC outlets as hundreds of tons were going into waste.
KFC is the largest international chicken franchise serving the world famous Colonel Sanders' secret recipe for over 60 years.
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