President Uhuru Kenyatta in Trans Nzoia.Photo/PSCU
President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that his Administration will release Sh200 million to pay the salary arrears of 25,000 employees of ADC farms.
The arrears have accumulated since the year 2000 when the ADC farms experienced financial challenges.
President Kenyatta said the shortage of maize in the country is a result of the drought that affected food production in Trans Nzoia in the previous season.
“We have travelled across Trans Nzoia today and we have seen that we expect a bumper harvest this year and we will support you,” said the President.
He announced that maize imports will stop once the current maize crop is harvested.
The President, who led Jubilee campaigns in Trans Nzoia today, called on the residents of the county to vote for him as well as all other Jubilee candidates.
He said he leads a team that is determined to change the lives of Kenyans and is not ready to engage in insults with the opposition.
In Cherangany, President Kenyatta and Deputy President called on current MP Wesley Korir, who lost in the Jubilee nominations to work with the party.
The President started his tour of Trans Nzoia with a rally at Kobos before proceeding to hold more rallies in Endebes, Matisi, Kitale town, Kitale showground, Sibanga, Kaplamai, Maili Saba and finally Moi’s bridge.