Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe has issued a one-month ultimatum to maize hoarders to release their stocks to the market, warning that failure to do so will compel the Government to allow duty-free maize imports to stabilize maize flour prices. CS Kagwe said the Government’s first option remains purchasing maize from local farmers to
The Ministry of Agriculture has warned of drought, rising rice prices, and a looming food crisis. In a statement on January 6, Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya is edging closer to a food crisis as drought disrupts production, rice supply gaps widen, and prices begin to wobble. Kagwe said that rice has become a
Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has issued a sharp directive, insisting that all donor-funded agricultural projects must be viewed and managed as public debt, and not as “free money.” Speaking at the Joint National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) for World Bank-financed agriculture projects in Kilifi, Kagwe stressed that Kenya must move away
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