Blow to farmers as fertiliser subsidy missing in budget

A worker pulls a cart loaded with fertiliser in Eldoret in March 2020. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

Farmers will have to bear with the high cost of fertiliser this year after the government failed to allocate a subsidies budget.

With just a month to the start of this year’s planting season, Agriculture PS Hamadi Boga said the ministry would need between Sh5 billion to Sh8 billion to address the current cost.

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