{
  "id": 12872910,
  "title": "Ruto announces cheaper fertiliser, seeds to cushion farmers from drought losses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ruto-announces-cheaper-fertiliser-seeds-to-cushion-farmers-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T12:39:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ruto-announces-cheaper-fertiliser-seeds-to-cushion-farmers-from-drought-losses"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President William Ruto has announced measures to cushion farmers from the effects of drought, including reducing the cost of subsidised fertiliser to Ksh2,000 and cutting the price of seeds by half. Speaking at the Agriculture and Food Security Transformation Summit at Jamhuri Park in Nairobi on Thursday, October 8, 2026, the President said the measures […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}