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THE STANDARD
KENYA
Long-serving Kitale-based paediatrician Dr Arthur Usagi.
Long-serving Kitale-based paediatrician Dr Arthur Usagi is dead.
Dr Usagi, 68, was receiving treatment at St Lukes Orthopaedic and Trauma Hospital in Eldoret.
Sources said the medic died on Monday night.
The doctor has been mourned by both leaders and residents in the North Rift region as a pillar in enhancing health care.
At the Kitale district hospital where he served for a long time, staff described Usagi as an outstanding paediatrician.
Local MPs Dr Chris Wamalwa, Joshua Kuttuny, Dr Robert Pokuse, woman representative Janet Nangabo and Senator Mike Mbito also mourned Dr Usagi.
THE STANDARD By
Osinde Obare |
April 4th 2021 at 13:10:20 GMT +0300
MPs Robert Pukose (Endebess) and Janet Nangabo have raised concern over the high cost of farm inputs which is set to hurt food production.
Pokuse and Nangabo said farmers in Trans-Nzoia are in dilemma due to the high cost of seeds and fertilisers.
The MPs warned that the cost if unchecked will affect production as some farmers have been forced to reduce production area. The cost of seeds and fertilisers is high and unaffordable to farmers and this will hurt production, said Pokuse.
The MPs urged the government through the Ministry of Agriculture to urgently intervene and ensure seeds and fertilizer are affordable to farmers.