PRESIDENT RUTO: GOVERNMENT TO CUSHION FARMERS DUE TO DROUGHT
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The Government is implementing measures to cushion farmers and safeguard national food security following below-average rainfall that has affected crop production in the country’s food basket, President William Ruto has said.
The President announced that the Government will lower the cost of fertiliser and seeds to enable farmers to plant food crops during the expected rains in September and October.
Speaking during a Sunday service at the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) St Stephen’s Chepkoilel in Moiben Constituency, Uasin Gishu County, he explained that these would ensure availability of adequate food despite crop failure due to poor rains.
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