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Investment Promotion Principal Secretary Abubakar Hassan (left) and his Agriculture counterpart Paul Ronoh flag off consignment of fertiliser in Mombasa on January 13, 2026\/COURTESY<\/p>\nInvestment Promotion Principal Secretary Abubakar Hassan (left) and his Agriculture counterpart Paul Ronoh flag off consignment of fertiliser in Mombasa on January 13, 2026\/COURTESY<\/p>\n
Farmers preparing to take advantage of the long-rains planting season have received a boost after the government flagged off three million 50 kg bags of subsidised fertiliser from the Port of Mombasa to key agricultural regions across the country.<\/p>\n
The consignment, dispatched under the nationwide fertiliser
\nsubsidy programme, is destined for Nyamira, Kisii, the North and
\nSouth Rift, Bungoma and Kakamega counties.<\/p>\n
The intervention seeks to ensure timely access to inputs, lower
\nproduction costs and enhance yields at a time when food security
\nremains a national priority.<\/p>\n
According to Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh, the
\nrollout is expected to scale up to 12.5 million bags throughout the
\nyear, guaranteeing adequate supply during critical planting windows
\nand strengthening country\u2019s broader food and nutrition security
\nframework.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis timely availability of fertilizer before planting is not
\noptional. It is central to sustaining food production and protecting
\nlivelihoods,\u201d Ronoh said during the flag-off ceremony in Mombasa.<\/p>\n
He noted that the efficiency of the Port of Mombasa, the country\u2019s
\nmain gateway for agricultural imports, plays a decisive role in the
\nreliability of the subsidy programme and the stability of the food
\nsupply chain.
\n<\/p>\n
Delays in handling essential inputs, he said, often cascade to
\nfarmers and consumers nationwide.<\/p>\n
Ronoh also used the opportunity commended improvements made by the
\nKenya Ports Authority (KPA) in managing bulk and loose cargo, saying
\nthe gains had shortened turnaround times and improved predictability
\nfor importers and distributors of agricultural commodities.
\n<\/p>\n
He added that enhanced port efficiency translated directly to
\nbetter outcomes for farmers seeking fertilizer during planting
\nseasons.<\/p>\n
The event was facilitated by KPA, which coordinated the discharge
\nand evacuation of the consignment as part of efforts to reinforce
\nMombasa\u2019s position as a strategic logistics hub for East Africa.
\n<\/p>\n
Investment Promotion Principal Secretary Abubakar Hassan, and
\nofficials from the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB)
\naccompanied Ronoh at the ceremony.<\/p>\n
\nOfficials said NCPB will continue to manage distribution networks
\nfor subsidised fertilizer to ensure accessibility across agricultural
\nzones.
\n<\/p>\n
The government is banking on increased productivity from the
\nsubsidy scheme to stabilise food prices, reduce dependence on imports
\nand cushion households from inflationary pressures linked to food
\ncommodities.<\/p>\n
The Port of Mombasa serves several neighbouring countries in
\naddition to Kenya, making its performance central to regional trade
\nand food security.
\n<\/p>\n
With farmers preparing land ahead of the anticipated rains,
\ngovernment officials expressed confidence that the timely deployment
\nof fertiliser would support production and strengthen value chains as
\nplanting season approaches.<\/p>\n
Last week, Ronoh announced that over two million bags have been distributed to all 32 NCPB depots across the country.<\/p>\n
He added that e-vouchers to be used by farmers to buy the subsidised fertiliser from depots have already been processed.<\/p>\n
The PS further stated that they had
\nensured that the consignment being distributed was of high quality and had been
\napproved by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investment Promotion Principal Secretary Abubakar Hassan (left) and his Agriculture counterpart Paul Ronoh flag off consignment of fertiliser…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1140,12931,80,13916,9552,13915,100,101,99,7994],"class_list":{"0":"post-22559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-agriculture","9":"tag-fertiliser","10":"tag-kenya","11":"tag-long-rains","12":"tag-rift-valley","13":"tag-ronoh","14":"tag-star-news-kenya","15":"tag-the-star","16":"tag-the-star-newspaper","17":"tag-western"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}