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Subsidised fertiliser is too costly, Trans Nzoia farmers tell State

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Maize farmers harvesting their crops at a farm in Trans Nzoia County. [Osinde Obare, Standard]

Farmers in Trans Nzoia county have lamented over the increased prices of government-subsidized fertilizers from the Sh3,500 earlier pledged by President William Ruto, to Sh4,050 for a 50-kilogramme bag.

In the run-up to the General Election, Dr Ruto, lured voters to back his presidential bid with pledges that he would lower the cost of farm inputs and reaffirmed this in his maiden address as the Head of State.

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