Section 13 farmers in Makongeni have decried what they have said is pollution of their farms by effluents coming from the nearby factories.
The farmers have said that they do not know the contents of the effluents but suspect that they could be dangerous chemicals seeing that they have started to affect the growth of their crops.
"We are not aware of what could be in the effluents but we demand that all the factories involved in this irresponsible emission of effluents into our farms stop immediately. Our crops have started to shown signs of retarded growth, an indication that these effluents are not all that safe," John Macharia, an affected farmer said on Monday.
Another farmer Solomon Nyanjui said that the emissions have been going on for the last two months with nothing seemingly being done to correct the fault.
"The emissions have been going on for the last two months but they were not as widespread as they are now and many farmers are now affected. We who border the factories were the first victims and our crops haven't been doing well at all," Nyanjui said.
The farmers add that their attempts to have the factories' managements address the problem have not borne fruits and they are now threatening to hold demonstrations to attract their attention.
"We will call for demonstrations if that is what it takes for the managements of these factories to listen at us and stop these effluents," said Elizabeth Wambui, another farmer.
They say that they are now at a risk of losing their customers who are mostly market traders as they have already started questioning the safety of the effluents flowing into their farms.