A private company has started supplying farmers in the North Rift with fertiliser after the government stopped importing it this year. The company has been the main supply of subsidised fertiliser in the country and is still owed millions of shillings by the government. Mandago says the ETG, which has offered to supply fertiliser to farmers at Sh3,000 per bag, should not be a beneficiary of money that had been set aside for subsidised fertiliser. The governor accused the Ministry of Agriculture of frustrating farmers by declining to import subsidised fertiliser, thus benefiting private traders who will exploit farmers. Buzeki said they would provide quality fertiliser to farmers with all records on testing by Kebs and other bodies available for verification by farmers and other interested parties.

Source: The Star February 15, 2019 21:00 UTC