Relief for farmers in Kenya as state starts nationwide distribution of two million bags of fertiliser
National Assembly Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock Chairperson John Mutunga urged farmers to be cautious of brokers as distribution begins. He noted that plans are at an advanced stage to ensure farmers collect fertiliser and seeds directly from NCPB depots.
While Narok County has answers to Kenya’s perennial wheat deficits corrupt state officials would rather imports
According to government data, between July 2024 and March 2025, Kenyan farmers collected over 1.7 million bags of wheat, each weighing 90kg. However, nearly 322,000 bags, mostly from Upper Narok, remained unsold even as millers bought wheat from other countries.
