Farmers in Eldoret Town are demanding that they be given 85 percent of the total shares when KCC will be privatised.
The farmers urged the National Government to ensure that there is no strategic investor who should go ahead and own shares as previously suggested by the government in its privatisation plan.
Speaking to the press on Thursday in Eldoret town after the farmer's meeting, Kipkorir Menjo, Director of Farmers Association, said that they will not sit and allow the Government to go ahead and take up the 10 percent shares while 5 percent shares will be reserved for the company employees.
"We had earlier agreed with the National Assembly Agriculture Committee on this matter and that is our final decision and also the way we want the whole privatisation process done,” said Menjo.
He noted that farmers have gone ahead and strongly opposed the plan by the Government to sell the New KCC shares through the Nairobi Stock Exchange saying that this will pave ways to some few individuals to go ahead and take over the company hence frustrating the farmers.
Moiben MP, Siras Tiren, who is also a committee member told the press that they have already met with the farmers and agreed that the company should go ahead and belong to the dairy producers.
"Since long ago, this company belonged to the farmers and I think it will be very fair if we hand it to them. I urge all the leaders to stop playing politics with this matter since it is very sensitive," Tiren said.