Kerio Valley holds immense potential in agricultural production. It is our County’s ‘Canaan’.

It is for this reason that the County Government has sustained support to farmers in the area through input provision.

H.E Governor Wisley Rotich today led a team from the Department of Agriculture in distributing sorghum seeds, drought-tolerant Nyota bean seeds and fast-maturing dryland DH04 maize seeds to farmers across the Kerio Valley belt.

They were drawn from Endo, Arror, Lower Sambirir, Lower Emsoo and Lower Tambach.

The County boss said his administration plans to put about 1,400 acres under crops, noting that 6.5 tonnes of Nyota beans is enough to plant 324 acres, while 4.32 tonnes can do 430 acres and 2.5 tonnes of sorghum seeds can plant 630 acres.

“Through our Pesa Mfukoni program, the sale of the harvest is expected to significantly boost household income,” said the Governor.

Present were CEC Incharge of Agriculture, Edwin Kibor and his Public Service Counterpart, Edwin Seronei, Agriculture Chief Officer Edwin Komen among other County and national government officers.