Mogusii residents in Nyamira have been urged to revert to traditional farming following disappointments on maize and beans whose yields were dismal.
Speaking on Sunday at Mogusii Catholic, suspended Agricultural Cooperation of Kenya chairman Patrick Osero said traditional farming is drought-resistant and could help farmers recover from annual disappointments in farming.
Osero said millet and sorghum farming should be embraced by the area residents since they were cheap and easily reliable, besides being easy to harvest.
He challenged the John Nyagarama-led government to invest in farming as a way of making devolution relevant to constituents.
“The last three years have been quite a big task for us. Modern farming has been a disaster and that is why we need to shift attention to traditional farming since it is drought resistance and easily reliable,” he said.
“To make county governments relevant to us, the county government ought to invest in farming. This is the only way we can feel the fruits of devolved governments in our country,” added Osero.
The former politician, who was forced to step aside by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive having been mentioned in EACC report, dismissed the allegations of corruption and challenged the anti-corruption agency to disclose the allegations he is facing.
“I have been the chairman of agriculture and my objectives were to move around the country and inform farmers on how to go about traditional farming. However, EACC is coming from nowhere to make such allegations which though, I am yet to know about,” he said.