Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has raised concerns about President William Ruto’s sugar bonus program in the Western Kenya region.
This comes after the President announced on Monday January 20, 2025 a Ksh 150 million bonus to be distributed to over 50,000 registered sugarcane farmers.
Wamuchomba took to social media to question whether the sugar bonus was truly a government initiative.
“Hi guys, I don’t know much about sugar farming, but I saw a bonus launch for Mumias sugar farmers. Was this a government initiative? Will all other sugar companies in western Kenya receive it, and when? I don’t recall any bonus funds being passed in parliamentary budgets,” she posted on X.
She also expressed worries about the absence of support for coffee farmers in the Mt. Kenya region, implying that the Kenya Kwanza government had moved away from its Bottom-Up economic approach and was now prioritizing regionalism.
“But for coffee, nothing has come through since! Anyway, I was told it’s not about bottom-up anymore, it’s now called Regionalism as we preach unity for all Kenyans,” she added.
