NCPB faces earnings cut as agency picked to buy subsidised fertiliser

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National Cereals and Produce Board managing director, Joseph Kimote. FILE PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

Bringing onboard the Kenya National Trading Council (KNTC) as the procuring agency for subsidised fertiliser will hit the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) revenue, which hardly receives budgetary support from the Treasury.

The government has settled on the KNTC to procure and sell fertiliser to farmers, a role that was previously played by NCPB, which then bills the Treasury for services rendered.

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