Joy as dairy and mango farmers got subsidies from Kang’ata administration

The Mountain Journal

Celebrations rocked Gatunyu grounds in Gatanga after hundreds of farmers received millions of shillings from the subsidy kitty initiated by Governor Irungu Kang’ata.

 The farmers in the mangoes and dairy sectors received the kitty following the Minimum Guaranteed Returns policy promised by  Kang’ata during the campaigns.

  Photo/ Governor Irungu Kang’ata.

 The dairy farmers were paid  Sh3.50 per litre of milk delivered through the cooperative societies. At the same time, their counterparts in the mango sector got the same amount for the produce they sold to Kevian and Sun Mango companies contracted by the government.

 Kang’ata said in the dairy sector 16,504 farmers got the subsidy and another 2,750 mango farmers.

“I am here to honour my pledge to the farmers that there will be a  subsidy to support their activities, ending the culture of distributing farm yard manure and sweet potato veins,” said Kang’ata.

  Photo/ Governor Irungu Kang’ata  issuing a cheque to a mango farmer who benefitted from the subsidy programme.

 Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA) Chairman Antony Mwaura and a resident of Kandara were among the 19,000 dairy farmers who got the subsidy.

 The best dairy farmers were Francis Karanja, Njuguna Gachuru, Fredrick Njuguna and Samuel Muti who took home more than the heavy subsidy for the deliveries in January and February.

Cabinet Secretaries Moses Kuria (Trade) and Prof. Ndung’u ( Treasury)  attended the function and lauded the initiative by the Murang’a county government.

 Kuria said the initiative would support the government transformation agenda through the bottom-up approach.

“ This is the best way to create wealth for the Murang’a people instead of inciting them to demonstrate in the streets,” said the Trade CS.

 Ndungu said the initiative by Kang’ata is one of the most transformative agriculture revival strategies that would greatly transform the economic fortunes of Murang’a.

 

It is encouraging that a sizeable number of farmers met the requisite conditions of the subsidy programme. Am confident that other crops will be considered to benefit from the programme eying to venture in the value addition programmes,” said the CS.

 Present were MPs Betty Maina, Mary Wamaua, Edward Muriu Senator Veronica Maina, Speaker Johnson Mukuha and MCAs.

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