Budalang’i MP Raphael Wanjala has asked the National Cereals and Produce Board to buy tonnes of rice likely to go bad in farmers’ homes. Wanjala said there are over 2,000 farmers in Budalang'i who are stuck with rice for lack of access to the market. “When the government issued a directive to NCPB to purchase rice from the farmers, it did not limit the buying to one area. The government has bought about one per cent of the total tonnage of rice from Budalang’i farmers, Wanjala said. His office, he said, has set aside over Sh40 million in the 2020-2021 financial year to support school infrastructural development.

Source: The Star March 11, 2021 18:56 UTC