Food Security

If we will not be able to feed our self we will not be able to feed country.

i will initiate projects support in all parts of the county to grow food innovatively despite the vagaries of weather. Since 1992, unpredictable weather patterns have caused the rains to fail and when they came, they were either too inadequate to support the growth of crops to feed the people of the county or too much and cause displacemt there farmers relocate and as a result fail to do farming.

Working together with the governor i will empowers communities to use new agricultural methods such as water harvesting, greenhouse farming, drip irrigation, conservation, among others, to grow food. We will be able to also sensitize people to plant drought resisting crops as an alternative. These include cassava, millet, sorghum and potatoes.

We will seek partnership with Amiran Kenya and KickStart to impart communities with the know-how and the equipment to support water harvesting and efficient food storage. Further, the communities are trained on conservation of soil and other resources, including establishment of gabions, digging terraces and planting trees.

Come harvest time and the county will purchase farm produce from farmers at a reasonable price and store for future.I will propose to have silos in Kitale town, Endebess,Kiminini, Kaplamai and Kolongolo.With such storage will pile stocks of food and be able to feed our people and feed the nation too.