Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has asked Azimio leaders to tell their constituents who are farmers to register in order to get subsidised fertiliser.
His remarks were in response to National Assembly minority leader Opiyo Wandayi's claims that Nyanza farmers were not getting the subsidised fertiliser.
Gachagua who spoke at the funeral of Njoro MP Charity Kathambi's husband David Chepkwony, said he was glad they are on the same page on how to lower the cost of living.
"Azimio leaders should tell their people to get registered as farmers and take the Sh2,500 fertiliser we meet in the farms. That is the only way we can develop our country. Now that they have agreed that they need subsidised fertiliser to lower the cost of living, we are on the same page," he said.
The DP joked that while farmers from other regions were getting registered, Azimio leaders asked their supporters to take to the streets for protests.
Gachagua, however, said that the second phase of registration will be opened soon.
"Siku ya registration walikuwa maandamano wakaambia hii mbolea ni bure haina maana kupunguza gharama ya maisha. Wakaweka sufuria kwa kichwa na kuenda maandamano," he said.
On Thursday last week, Wandayi decried what he termed as skewed distribution of subsidised fertiliser.
Wandayi said his office had received reports that the government is denying Nyanza region subsidised fertiliser as farmers across the nation prepare for the onset of the short rains season.
He said farmers in Siaya and Homa Bay counties, among other areas, are fearful that the National Government is hell-bent on denying them the low-cost fertiliser.
“We call on people who oversee the distribution of fertiliser and seeds to Nyanza farmers to desist from this unwarranted discrimination,” he stated.
In a statement, Wandayi said Nyanza does not need relief food, or sympathy but deserves to get what other regions are getting.
“Nyanza needs fertilisers, seeds, tractors, and other agricultural inputs that other regions are getting,” he maintained.
