{"id":102253,"date":"2024-11-14T04:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/14\/governor-wavinya-flags-off-seeds-distribution-as-rains-set-in\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T04:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:03:30","slug":"governor-wavinya-flags-off-seeds-distribution-as-rains-set-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/governor-wavinya-flags-off-seeds-distribution-as-rains-set-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Wavinya flags off seeds distribution as rains set in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-paragraph-padding-1\">\n<p><strong>Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti\u2019s campaign for a food-secure county went a notch higher on Wednesday when she flagged off distribution of assorted seeds worth Ksh 61 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wavinya said the\u00a0seeds distribution, which targets vulnerable residents, seeks to improve the county\u2019s food security and eliminate reliance on relief supplies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 86 drop-off points where the seeds will be delivered for issuance to the identified farmers. The program targets less fortunate members of the farming communities across the 40 Wards,\u201d Governor we said during the ceremony at the Matuu County Lodge.<\/p>\n<p>Wavinya said her Government had mobilised teams of agricultural extension officers that will help farmers in crop management.<\/p>\n<p>One of the beneficiaries, Celestina Wambua, lauded Governor Wavinya\u2019s gesture, terming it a great relief for many struggling residents who couldn\u2019t afford to purchase seeds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am highly grateful to governor Wavinya for coming through for many of us who were stranded and didn\u2019t have hopes of planting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Another resident, Emma Mburu said the seeds distribution will serve in eliminating household poverty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is real empowerment because when I harvest my food, I will have something to feed my children. We thank the governor for remembering us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture executive, Catherine Mutanu said the Governor\u2019s initiative aligns to her Chakula Mezani Pesa Mfukoni philosophy, which seeks to empower residents to become self-reliant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/governor-wavinya-flags-off-seeds-distribution-as-rains-set-in\/\">Governor Wavinya flags off seeds distribution as rains set in<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/governor-wavinya-flags-off-seeds-distribution-as-rains-set-in\/\">Governor Wavinya flags off seeds distribution as rains set in<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti\u2019s campaign for a food-secure county went a notch higher on Wednesday when she flagged off distribution of assorted seeds worth Ksh 61 million. Wavinya said the\u00a0seeds distribution, which targets vulnerable residents, seeks to improve the county\u2019s food security and eliminate reliance on relief supplies. \u201cWe have 86 drop-off points where the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}