Treasury CS Henry Rotich and the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday differed on the availability of money to buy subsidised fertiliser. Rotich in a telephone interview with the Star said the Treasury released Sh2 billion last Friday to the Ministry of Agriculture to start buying the fertiliser. “They already had Sh2 billion and on Friday last week we gave them another Sh2 billion. “On January 29, we got clearance from the National Treasury to buy fertiliser but since then, we have not received money through the IFMIS as required by law. The CS told MPs the Ministry began preparing to buy fertiliser in August and wrote to the National Treasury requesting for funds.

Source: The Star March 04, 2019 23:37 UTC