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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri (centre) accompanied by ASK officials, including Uasin Gishu County Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno (in red tie), inspect maize plantation farm belonging to Kenya Seed Company during the third day of the Eldoret Agricultural Show Monday. 09.03.2018. [PETER OCHIENG/STANDARD]
MPs will this week open an investigation into the fertiliser scandal that has denied farmers access to cheap inputs despite a Government subsidy.
The National Assembly Agriculture Committee will seek to find out why farmers cannot get subsidised fertiliser and the delayed payments for maize deliveries amounting to over Sh4 billion.
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