on the second day of the National Scientific Miraa Conference, various government agencies that have limited the value addition of the crop, brought on Board NACADA chairlady, Prof .Mabel Imbuga and Kenya Bureau of Standards(KEBS) Director General, Bernard Njiraini, with the two bodies being taken to task by speakers why scientifically proven dangerous drugs like Nicotine and alcohol are given lee way to manufacture their products, but have continuously given legal bottle-necks to the Miraa sector based on technicalities.

However, Governor Kiraitu Murungi admitted for the need of a legislative agenda to amend all the Parliamentary acts , that have been used by the two agencies to limit the value addition of the crop classifying it as a drug.

Even as the legistlation is being amended, Governor Kiraitu called for agencies to avoid punitive enforcement of the law that can ride people to poverty, asking them to assess the social-economic effect of any law before implementation.

Governor Kiraitu gave 5 acres of the county's land to KEBS, to build a regional office in Meru.

Ambassador Peter Kaberia, Industrialization-Parmanent Secretary promised to push for the regional KEBS office in two months time, to encourage more value addition ventures and promote entrepreneurship.