By IBRAHIM ORUKOMore by this AuthorSenators have criticised the move by the government to stop buying maize from local farmers, saying the decision is aimed at punishing farmers for political expediency. Under the new policy, the ministry will also not set prices of fertiliser, seeds or any other farm inputs. He attributed the policy shift to the political wars in the Jubilee Party. “I want to tell Mr Munya to leave farmers out of the Jubilee Party wars,” he said. The CS has, however, dismissed as “total lies” assertions that the government had stopped purchasing maize from farmers.

Source: Daily Nation May 27, 2020 02:37 UTC