It's time for us to bid goodbye to the ‘poor hungry Kenyan’ phrase

With the lush green plenty of our nation’s soils, a solid agricultural backbone of our economy and a president committed to food security, we must now move beyond excuses and make the phrase ‘hungry Kenyan’ disappear from our vocabulary. To succeed, team effort is necessary.

We have the most diversified economy in the region, yet even with high-tech ventures flourishing and manufacturing finding its feet, most Kenyans still make their living from agriculture, and the sector accounts for about one fifth of our GDP. Nevertheless, our agriculture is still vulnerable.