It is a relief for large-scale farmers, after the government increased the limit of subsidized fertilizers to 20 bags per farmer, from 10 bags announced earlier.
Ministry of Agriculture had last Friday capped subsidized fertilizer to 10 bags per farmer, citing urgency to minimize possible stock-out occasioned by panic buying by large-scale farmers as planting season picks up.
The government injected 5.7 billion to subsidise fertiliser prices that had hit a record high of Sh6,000 per bag by last week, which is the highest since 2008.
The money will be used to subsidize 111,000 tones of fertilizers for farmers growing food crops, estimated to cover about 1.13 million acres.