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Rethink fertiliser subsidy model
Workers arrange bags of subsidised fertilizer at the National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Elburgon, Nakuru County. FILE PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NMG
Welcome to the high-octane struggles that happen behind the scenes in the fertiliser business in Kenya. The abrupt exit, the other day, of the chairman of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) David Ichoho happened against the background of a vicious war over the lucrative fertiliser contract the agency floats yearly.
Indeed, the KTDA fertiliser deal is the single largest in the country. Mr Ichoho found himself on the wrong side of the divide.
