Farmers are now reaping maximum production owing to the fertiliser subsidy the government has distributed to them to enhance food production and thus cushion Kenyans against the high cost of living.
Nandi Senator Samsom Cherargei said the move to subsidise food production has yielded positive results and that maize farmers were going to produce more maize than ever before this year.
The Senator added that tea, coffee, and sugar cane farmers were also realising maximum production thanks to the fertiliser subsidy from the government.
Speaking after attending the burial ceremony of the late Joseph Chepkwony Kositany at Kipchimchim, Ainamoi Constituency, in Kericho on Thursday, Cherargei defended President William Ruto’s administration from accusations by Azimio leader Raila Odinga that little had been achieved since Kenya Kwanza took over the reigns of this country.
He accused the opposition of refusing to accept the government’s achievements in the last one year citing affordable housing and prompt repayments of public loans, among others.
At the same time, Cherargei urged the Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport, and Public Works, Kipchumba Murkomen, to consider tarmacking the Kerenga Airstrip in Kericho to facilitate transportation of agricultural produce to Jomo Kenyatta international airport (JKIA) and henceforth to the international market.
The Senator said Kerenga Airstrip falls within the largest tea zone in the country adding that the area was endowed with good coffee and horticultural production.
Senator Cherargei further appealed to the Roads CS to task contractors tarmacking a 21-kilometre road network in Kericho town to complete the works and have them redo areas that were not properly done to prevent the roads from wearing out quickly.
On the recent employment of 46 000 intern Junior Secondary School teachers (JSS), Cherargei implored the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to employ the teachers on permanent and pensionable terms.
The late Joseph Kositany, who was aged 103, was the father of Robert Chepkwony, the Communications Director at the Ministry of Mining and Blue Economy.
By Dominic Cheres
