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Government to buy one million bags of maize from farmers

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Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi during a horticulture farm visit at Kapseret in Eldoret Uasin Gishu County on August,31,2023. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

The government has announced plans to purchase a million bags of maize from farmers

Appearing before the Senate House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday, Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi said the government has set aside Sh4 billion to buy bags from farmers.

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