The Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has given a nod to farmers wishing to till forests that they will soon be free to cultivate in the forests as a way to boost food production thus bringing the cost of living down.
Speaking during Deputy Governor Charles Kipng’ok’s funeral on Saturday, September 24, 2022, the DP noted that the new directive would help actualize the plan of enhancing maize production and in turn boosting production.
Mr Gachagua defended the government’s move to scrap off maize subsidy and instead grant fertilizer subsidies was the best way to enhance sufficient maize production which will consequently lower the cost of unga prices across the country. He claimed that the subsidies were hurting the country’s economy.
The deputy president also reaffirmed his and the president’s commitment to serving the people because they don’t have other responsibilities and neither do they indulge themselves.
“We are not drunkards, we have finished educating our children, we do not play golf, ours is to work from morning to night time, we told you we will do our work,” he stated.
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