Funding cut in agriculture to hurt prospects

Agriculture and Livestock CS Mutahi Kagwe respond to queries when he appeared before the National Assembly Agriculture and Livestock Committee on the 2025 Budget Policy Statement at Parliament on February 21, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The agriculture and livestock sectors are facing a significant budget shortfall for the 2025–26 financial year.

Total allocation to the agriculture sector is Sh47.6 billion, a reduction from the Sh54.6 billion in the previous year, as announced by National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi in Parliament.