President William Ruto has announced his administration has spent Sh12 billion in fertiliser subsidies.
Ruto said his government has worked so has to do away with cartels who were acting as third parties in fertiliser distributions.
"We have fully done away with fertiliser brokers in order to fully be aware of who is receiving them and in what quantity. We have so far spent Sh12 billion in subsidy," he said.
Ruto also said there is a huge difference in harvest as compared to when he took over office.
"Last year, we harvested 44 million bags for the whole year, this year we are expecting 61 million bags of grain because of the correct use of fertilizer," he said.
He was speaking during an interview with Inooro TV.
On August 2, Ruto announced a drop in fertiliser prices by Sh1,000.
A bag of subsidised fertiliser will now sell at Sh2,500 from Sh3,500.
Last year, Ruto announced that the government would prepare farmers for the last planting season by making available 300,000MT or 6,000,000 bags subsidised at Sh3,500 each from Sh7,000.
The subsidy programme was accompanied by a farmer registration exercise and the deployment of an accurate and transparent e-voucher system for managing distribution.
The programme was launched in January when most farmers from the North Rift region, which is the bread basket of the country, were preparing for the long rains planting season.
