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Why maize farmers are unhappy with budget

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich

Maize farmers in the North Rift want MPs to revise budgetary estimates for the strategic grain reserves.

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich, while tabling the estimates for the 2017-18 financial year, said Sh1.6 billion would go towards the grain reserves, an amount farmers believe is not enough.

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