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Kindiki told the farmers that the government would source funds for the Kenya National Trading Corporation to buy the local produce.

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has assured Mwea rice farmers that the government will exhaust their produce before importing rice to boost the national food reserves.

Speaking on Friday, September 18, Kindiki told the farmers that the government would look for funding to allow the Kenya National Trading Corporation to buy the local produce.

"I want to assure the people that the government will buy all the rice harvested by Mwea farmers before it imports a single kilogram.

"I have told your area MP that I will look for money to add to the Kenya National Trading Corporation so that we can offtake all the rice here and in the country," he stated.

Kindiki also inspected several projects in the region, including the tarmacking of the Kangiciri- Karira Hospital- Ngurubani road in Mwea Constituency.

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A filr photo of DP Kithure Kindiki at the Hudua Centre in Mwea.

"This section is part of a 65-kilometre transport corridor traversing Kirinyaga Central, Ndia and Mwea Constituencies, the Mutithi-Kagio/Baricho- Getuya-Kagumo-Kiamaina-Gathuthuma-Gatwe/Kimicha-Canal/Ndaba-Kangai-Kandongu- Kangiciri- Karira Hospital- Ngurubani Mosque Road, which is 86% complete, 56 km already blacktopped, project to cost Ksh3 billion," he stated.

The DP explained that the government intends to tarmac 500 kilometres of road in Kirinyaga County, which will boost the economy. He also commissioned the Mwea Huduma Centre at Ngurubani.

He said that residents will not need to travel far away to get essential government services, including acquisition of birth or death certificates, identity documents, filing tax returns, pension-related inquiries or accessing Inua Jamii disbursements by qualifying older members of society.

The centre also hosts a Jitume ICT hub, which the area youth will access to undergo ICT skills training and generate income through digital jobs like forex trading, web design, transcribing, freelance writing, and content creation.

The DP urged residents to judge the Kenya Kwanza government by the work that they had done, instead of listening to negative propaganda from the leaders in the Opposition.