The Government Accountability Office today issued a report citing the federal crop insurance program’s high costs and urging Congress to change the law. GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, said the Agriculture Department declined to.
PALM DESERT, Calif. At its annual Dairy Forum here today, the International Dairy Foods Association released “Modernizing U.S. Milk Pricing: An Exploration,” a working paper to provide a basis for the evolving discussion of…
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., chair of the Senate Agriculture Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems and Food Safety Subcommittee; Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; and Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Tuesday introduced their bipartisan Dairy Pricing Opportunity Act,…
Senate Agriculture Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security Subcommittee Chairwoman Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., on Sept. 15 chaired a hearing on volatile milk pricing and federal milk marketing order system modernization.
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KUSCCO chairperson George Magutu (left), Embu Senator Peter Njeru Ndwiga and the ICUDE Group Managing Director George Ototo (PHOTO: Kelvin Karani)
Both levels of government, as well as other State agencies, have not remitted close to Sh4 billion of their employees’ deductions to their respective Saccos.
Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (Kuscco) yesterday said this had left many saccos in a serious liquidity crisis.
Kuscco Group Managing Director George Ototo said yesterday most State agencies, including universities, counties and water companies have been in default since last year following the outbreak of Covid-19.
“We would like universities, county governments, water companies and fresh produce entities compelled to release statutory deductions owed to saccos totalling Sh3.8 billion,” said Mr Ototo (pictured, right).