The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) are expecting a bulk fertilizer shipment at the Port of Mombasa, expected to land in the next 14-days as of yesterday.
The arrival of fertilizer is a boost to farmers who have been calling on the Government to reduce the high cost of fertilizers.
It comes at a time when President William Ruto’s Government is rolling out a fertilizer subsidy programme to cushion farmers.
Earlier, President Ruto had said that the government will continue to subsidize the price of fertilizer and farmers will buy at Sh3,500 per bag.
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“Let me also say that we intend to deliver our subsidy program on fertilizer on e – voucher that is going to be available to 1.3 million farmers,” Ruto said earlier.
“And I want to encourage our farming community to register themselves because going forward our fertilizer subsidy program is going to be dispensed on the internet on e – voucher so that we can eliminate brokers and eliminate cartels and ensure that targeted farmers have access to fertilizer,” he added.
In 2020, the government introduced the e-voucher program as a pilot initiative.
It was designed specifically for small-scale farmers in select counties, who received funds through their mobile phones to purchase farm supplies from authorized agro veterinarians.