Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) provide a list of the total number of registered potato…

Question

The Member for Buuri (Hon. Rindikiri Mugambi, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development: - Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) provide a list of the total number of registered potato farmers per Ward in Buuri Constituency? (ii) state the efforts instituted by the Ministry to promote productivity of potatoes other than provision of affordable fertilizer? (iii) explain measures that the Government has instituted with regards to value addition activities for the potato sector in Buuri Constituency? (iv) clarify whether there are plans by the Government to establish a potato research centre at Kisima area considering Buuri’s status as the largest potato producing region in Meru County?