Ruto defends government’s move to register farmers across the country
President William Ruto has said the ongoing farmers registration exercise across the country is aimed at addressing challenges facing the agricultural sector.
The exercise, President Ruto said, will be a game changer in the country as his government gears towards addressing food shortage.
The head of state also said by leveraging on technology, the many challenges farmers go through, such as middlemen, will be effectively tackled.
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“It will be easier to drive out cartels in the sector. Leveraging technology will make government services more efficient and accessible,” President Ruto said.
According to President, the move will enable farmers to have easier access to the subsidized fertiliser as the country awaits the onset of the long rains season in February.
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“We are registering our farmers right from one who owns an acre up to 2, 000 acres,” the president said on Friday while addressing Cabinet Secretaries and the Principal Secretaries at Nanyuki’s Fairmount Mount Kenya Safari Club.
The registration exercise is being undertaken by chiefs, their assistants and Nyumba Kumi Initiative leaders, under Deputy County Commissioners’ (DCC) supervision.
The government has ordered importation of 6 million bags of fertiliser by February, which will be distributed across the country under subsidy programme.