Fake Fertiliser Stories
Kagwe insisted on collaborating with Parliament to introduce legislative measures that protect farmers from fraudulent suppliers.
Provisional data from the Kenya Revenue Authority and Central Bank of Kenya show food imports fell from a record Sh305.7 billion in 2023.
Trained agri-preneurs will visit farms, collect soil data using mobile devices, and transmit it to Kalro laboratories for comprehensive analysis.
The funds are needed to ensure affordable fertiliser is available for the short and long rainy seasons, with the ministry targeting 7.2 million bags f...
The Bill specifies that minimum returns would apply only to agricultural produce largely consumed locally.
The fertiliser subsidy programme, launched by President William Ruto's administration, has attempted to ease the financial burden on farmers.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Andrew Mwihia Karanja revealed that KTDA has imported over 86,988 metric tonnes of fertiliser, which will be distributed...
The fertiliser is the first batch of 97,000 tonnes procured by the Kenya Tea Development Agency to support farmers.
Kenya’s maize production between 2020 and 2022 averaged almost 3.4 million tonnes per year. To meet its 4 million tonne annual consumption, it has bee...
The President used the opportunity to make a case for Kenya's decision to engage in security and peace missions across the globe including the current...
A primary observation by the committee that investigated CS Linturi was that he had no power or authority over the production and distribution of fert...
The 11-member select committee that probed him over the fake fertiliser scandal found there were not enough grounds for his impeachment.
CS Linturi's survival seems assured, as Article 152 (9) grants final authority to the recommendations put forth by the committee.
We have been overly reliant on opposition leader Raila Odinga for far too long. We must fix ourselves, beginning with electing leaders who will not to...
The eleven-member committee approved last week has been investigating allegations raised against the agriculture minister in the impeachment motion sp...
President Ruto stressed the urgency of addressing soil health and fertiliser usage and the need to prioritise investments in nitrogen fertiliser produ...
On the third day of the event when several heads of state and delegates were at the summit, Linturi was facing the Marsabit Woman Representative Naomi...
The continent, according to Ruto, possesses over 60 per cent of the world's uncultivated arable land, yet it operates far below its agricultural capac...
The committee ruled to have Agriculture PS Paul Rono and Kel Chemicals chief operations officer Devesh Patel testify in the case.
