Kenya: Donor-Funded Agriculture Projects Are Loans, Not Free Money

Kenya: Donor-Funded Agriculture Projects Are Loans, Not Free Money

Nairobi -- Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has warned that donor-funded agriculture projects must be treated with the same discipline as public debt, saying many so-called donor facilities are loans that must deliver measurable impact for farmers and the wider economy.

Donor-funded agriculture projects are loans, not free money – Agriculture CS Kagwe

NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 17 – Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has warned that donor funded agriculture projects must be treated with the same discipline as public debt, insisting that many so-called donor facilities are in fact loans that must deliver measurable impact for farmers, and the country in totality. Speaking at the Joint National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) meeting for WorldBank financed projects in the agricultural sector,…