Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain why the cost of top-dressing CAN fertilizer pri…

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The Member for Keiyo South (Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development: - Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain why the cost of top-dressing CAN fertilizer prices remain relatively high despite the Government Subsidy Programme on Fertilizers? (ii) state the actual price of a 50kg bag of CAN top- dressing fertilizer charged by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB)? (iii) highlight the measures the Government is taking to prevent skyrocketing of the fertilizers’ prices occasioned by middlemen, and further state the measures the Government is pursuing to avail the fertilizer to farmers at the appropriate time?

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