President William Ruto has given new directives to support farmers in production and cease subsidizing the price of Unga.
Speaking in Naivasha on Friday, September 16, during the Kenya Kwanza parliamentary group meeting, President William Ruto told the assembled leaders that his government would not carry on with the subsidization of basic commodities such as food and instead support production.
“We are not going to be subsidizing consumption, we are going to work and support producers,” Ruto said.
President Ruto stated that one of his goals for improving the country’s economy is to increase food production by investing billions of shillings in both small-scale and large-scale farming.
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“The Unga subsidy that was done I was being briefed by the Agriculture Ministry, the taxpayer was asked to give Ksh. 7 billion for one month, the Ksh 100 packet which was nowhere in the first place.”
“If we had spent Ksh. 7 billion in fertilizer, it would have been a very different programme,” he explained.
Following his speech during the inauguration ceremony, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces promised to procure 1.4 million bags of fertilizer, which would sell at Ksh 3,500, and whose main aim is to embrace production.
However, during the 2-day Naivasha Parliamentary Meeting, Ruto pointed out that his government will stand firm in fighting corruption and addressing universal healthcare, housing, and insecurity.
“In matters to do with wastage of public resources should be dealt with firmly, decisively and in a timely manner. We expect that then fight against corruption will be scaled up and our insecure areas; cattle rustling, communal conflicts will be dealt with,” the president said.
The President said his government will reduce the cost of universal healthcare in the country for easy accessibility.
