President Uhuru Kenyatta campaigns in Baringo County. Granting loan waivers, compensations and subsidies to the tune of billions in taxpayers’ money is the order of the day. While campaigning in Kajiado, Narok and Baringo counties, the President waived a Sh1.5 billion loan owed by wheat, sorghum and livestock farmers. In the past three years, the Jubilee administration has pumped Sh3.1 billion into the struggling Mumias Sugar Company and another Sh500 million to offset farmers’ debts. The Jubilee administration has also subsidised maize to the tune of Sh6.5 billion while Kirinyaga rice farmers have received a reprieve with a Sh100 million loan waiver.

Source: Standard Digital July 13, 2017 05:37 UTC