Kenya: Govt Subsidy Fertilizer Not Fake Only 3,000 Bags Failed to Meet Standards – CS Linturi

Nairobi — The Ministry of Agriculture has dismissed assertions that consignments of fake fertilizers are being distributed under the government subsidy program saying the docket has only flagged substandard fertilizer.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi stated that all distributed fertilizers met quality standards except those produced and distributed by KEL Chemicals under the brands Kelphos Plus, Kelphos Gold, and NPK 10:26:10.

Linturi who appeared before the National Assembly…