By IBRAHIM ORUKOMore by this AuthorGovernors have challenged the government to explain why it has taken too long to stabilise food prices. Council of Governors chairman Josephat Nanok asked the Jubilee administration not to play politics with the lives of Kenyans. Mr Nanok was responding to remarks attributed to Deputy President William Ruto when he addressed a public rally in Mombasa on Friday. Addressing residents of Likoni, Mr Ruto blamed governors for the food crisis, saying agriculture is a devolved function. “When the people mandated to ensure that we have enough food fail, should we sit down as a national government and watch the ordinary citizen suffer?

Source: Daily Nation May 28, 2017 19:52 UTC