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Farmers thrash rice at Kano Plains, Kisumu County. Allocation to agriculture are on declining trend. (Denish Ochieng, Standard)
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government seems to have neglected the agricultural sector, a situation that might have contributed to the crippling of the country’s economy.
In a report by a policy think-tank, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, revealed a declining trend in the budgetary allocations for agriculture since the 2013/2014 financial year.
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