The government will soon start repairing National Cereals and Produce Board depots across the country in preparation for a bumper maize harvest, Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service, Felix Koskei, has said.
Koskei said the government will repair 36 mobile driers and purchase 70 more as part of the government's efforts towards post-harvest management of farmers' produce.
"In the next two months, shortage of food will be a thing of the past," he said on Sunday at the African Inland Church Kerotet Local Church in Soy, Uasin Gishu.
Koskei said the county and national governments will improve the road network in the North Rift, including opening up feeder roads so that farmers can transport their produce to NCPB stores with ease.
"The government will support the farmers from production level to the post-harvest management," he said.
Koskei urged farmers not to allow middlemen to take advantage of them.
He advised them to store their produce at NCPB depots for as long as they as they wish, as they await favourable market prices.
He called on them to adopt modern farming techniques to maximize returns on their investments.
"The government will soon roll out the second phase of distribution of the subsidized fertilizer throughout the country," Koskei said.
He was accompanied by Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii, Senator, Jackson Mandago, MPs David Kiplagat (Soy), Janet Sitienei (Turbo), and Julius Rutto (Kesses).
Others were Kenya Airports Authority chairman Caleb Kositany, Ministry of East African Community, ASALS and Regional Development CAS Chebichii Lelei, Kenya Power and Lighting Company director, Veska Kangogo and other leaders.
