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Governor presses for fund

Governor Isaac Ruto has asked Members of the National Assembly to fast-track the approval of an Emergency Fund for the county that will cushion residents whose crops have failed.

The governor said the region is staring at a food security challenge due to an 80 per cent crop failure due to a biting drought witnessed early this year.

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