Nairobi, March 30 -- A group of Rift Valley MPs has called for action against unscrupulous businessmen that supplied suspected fake fertiliser to farmers in the country.

Richard Yegon (Bomet East), Johana Ng'eno (Emurrua Dikirr), Richard Kilel (Bomet Central), and Joseph Cherorot (Kipkelion East) said the supply of fake farm inputs will potentially reduce the food and cash crop yield at harvest.

This comes on the heels of a crackdown by the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (Kephis) on suppliers of fake and uncertified seedlings, with maize and beans most affected.

The government has so far imported 12.5 million bags of fertiliser distributed under the subsidy programme, with Sh10 billion allocated for imports in the current fin...