2Over the years, the government has lost billions of shillings through NCPB, especially when buying maize from farmers. Let me say though that the government buys only a small portion of what maize farmers in the country produce. I would like to assure Kenyans though that the ministry is overhauling NCPB to make it professional and effective. We have also completed the sector’s 10-year strategy, ‘The Agriculture Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS)’, following extensive stakeholder consultations. Okulo Andrew Guya, University of NairobiThe government has not neglected the sugar sector farmers.

Source: Daily Nation November 24, 2018 20:37 UTC