Governor Anne Waiguru Launches Fertilizer Mashinani Initiative

Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has launched 'Fertilizer Mashinani initiative' for the county and opened satellite depots from where farmers can conveniently pick up their supplies.

Speaking during the launch at Togonye divisional headquarters, Waiguru announced that the county government had established eight depots from where farmers can access subsidized fertilizers. 

She disclosed that agricultural officers manning the depots have been trained by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) on how to handle fertilizer issuance.

"The satellite depots are spread across all the sub-counties and will be managed by respective Sub-county Agricultural Officers," Governor Waiguru stated. 

The depots are located in Kamweti Agricultural Training College (ATC), Kianyaga DCC office, Kerugoya CC Office, Kiaga Animal Feeds Factory, Baricho DCC office, Kandongu DCC office, Ciagini ACC office and Togonye ACC office.

Besides the eight satellite depots, Waiguru indicated that coffee farmers will access the subsidized fertilizers from 28 coffee factories selected from across the 14 coffee cooperative societies, while tea farmers will also access their fertilizer from all their five tea factories facilities.

The Kirinyga Governor mentioned that beneficiaries who had been registered in the first phase of farmers' registration would collect their allocation as required from their nearest depot.

More farmers will subsequently be incorporated in the subsidized fertilizer register after collation of the data collected in the recently conducted farmers' registration exercise.

She added that the satellite depots will also be used as storage for the distribution of other farm inputs for the farmers who receive support from time to time through the Wezesha Kirinyaga Program.

At the same time, Waiguru issued assorted farm inputs to farmers with the aim of enabling them to increase agricultural production and household incomes.