Senate team: Sh10b debt killing NCPB ahead of harvest season

Workers offload subsidized fertilizer from a truck at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) warehouse in Nakuru on March 24, 2025. Farmers have raised concerns over inadequate supply. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The government owes the National and Cereals Produce Board (NCPB) at least Sh10 billion for distribution of fertiliser to farmers, a Senate committee has said.

Senate Agriculture Committee says failure by the national and county governments to release the funds would paralyse operations at the cereals board ahead of the harvest season and start of last-mile fertiliser distribution from October.