{"id":8340,"date":"2026-01-23T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=8340"},"modified":"2026-01-24T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:48:28","slug":"mwea-rice-farmers-fully-paid-as-government-reaffirms-commitment-to-local-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/mwea-rice-farmers-fully-paid-as-government-reaffirms-commitment-to-local-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Mwea Rice Farmers Fully Paid as Government Reaffirms Commitment to Local Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000586723-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000586723-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000586723-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000586723-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000586723.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mwea Rice Farmers Fully Paid as Government Reaffirms Commitment to Local Production**<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mwea, Kirinyaga County<\/em> \u2014 The Member of Parliament for Mwea, <strong>Hon. Mary Maingi<\/strong>, has confirmed that all locally produced rice delivered to the market has been fully taken up and that farmers have been paid in full, providing much-needed relief to producers across the constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon. Maingi noted that this development follows her direct engagement with <strong>H.E. President William Samoei Ruto<\/strong> and a formal request she raised in Parliament seeking clarity on rice imports, domestic production levels, and concrete measures to safeguard farmers in rice-growing regions such as Mwea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe outcome is clear: farmers\u2019 livelihoods are protected, payments are guaranteed, and local production remains a national priority,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government has further committed to purchasing <strong>all paddy and milled rice offered for sale<\/strong>, with payments guaranteed within <strong>30 days<\/strong>. Hon. Maingi described this as a critical step in strengthening farmer confidence, stabilizing incomes, and enhancing national food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed her appreciation to President Ruto for honoring this commitment and reaffirmed her resolve to continue advocating for rice farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will continue using every available platform to stand firmly with our rice farmers, protect local production, and strengthen food security in Mwea,\u201d Hon. Maingi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mwea Rice Farmers Fully Paid as Government Reaffirms Commitment to Local Production** Mwea, Kirinyaga County&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8342,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions\/8342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}