What awaits Ruto cabinet secretaries in actualising hustler dream

Mithika Linturi, CS Nominee for Agriculture Livestock Development.

Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Development-- Franklin Mithika Linturi

• Over 3.1 million Kenyans facing starvation
• Rising cost of food has sent inflation to levels last seen over 5 years ago
• Food imports have increased from 10 to 17 percent of goods imports over the last decade showing dwindling local production
• Continued reliance on rain fed agriculture amid increasing drought instances
• 83% of Kenya's land area being Arid and Semi-Arid but only 2% percent of arable land is under irrigation
• Kenya's maize production has been declining forcing imports to rise
• Cost of farm inputs such as fertilizer are on rise and subsidy faces test of cartels
• Chicken and animal feeds raw material subsidy is ending October
• Kenyan farms are generally small and shrinking and are becoming uneconomical to operate
• Actualise Ruto dream of increasing productivity of key value food chains and cut basic food imports by 30%

Ezekiel Machogu, CS Nominee for Education. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Ministry of Education-- Ezekiel Machogu