Win for farmers as MPs add Sh4bn for fertiliser subsidy
Workers arrange bags of subsidised fertiliser at the National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Elburgon, Nakuru County. MPs have proposed an additional Sh4 billion for buying cheap fertiliser in the 2023-2024 financial year, raising the total allocation to Sh8.5 billion as part of the Kenya Kwanza administration’s efforts to reduce the high cost of living.
MPs have proposed an additional Sh4 billion for buying cheap fertiliser in the 2023-2024 financial year, raising the total allocation to Sh8.5 billion as part of the Kenya Kwanza administration’s efforts to reduce the high cost of living.
The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC), in its recommendations to the House on the budget, proposed the increased allocation that will come as a boost to President William Ruto’s plan to boost food production.
