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Viral statement claiming subsidised fertilizer is donation from Russian firm is fake

An employee at the Uralchem factory. [Courtesy]

A press release circulating on social media claiming that Kenya is selling fertilizer donated by a Russian company, Uralchem, as part of a subsidy to farmers is fake.

According to the statement, which is being attributed to Dmitry Konyaev, the Uralchem CEO, the firm has advised Kenyan farmers to boycott buying the donation as a State subsidy.

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