Treasury CS John Mbadi during the 2025 Budget reading on June 12, 2025 at Parliament. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The plan to include the private sector in the distribution of subsidised fertiliser is one of the strategies the government is seeking to deploy to safeguard the country’s food security, having allocated Sh97 billion to the agriculture sector for the next financial year.

Detailed in the Sh4.7 trillion 2026/27 draft budget, the government also targets strategic resource allocation to facilitate soil testing in order to ensure farmers get the right fertiliser for their crops and soil type.

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Published Date: 2025-12-28 12:30:00
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By Graham Kajilwa
Source: The Standard
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