County Nyandarua ku Kenya alandila ndalama zokwana Sh116 miliyoni (€ 1 miliyoni; USD 1.16 miliyoni) kuchokera ku European Union kuti mbatata zilimbikitsidwe ulimi.
Poyankhula atasainirana panganolo ku likulu la unduna wa Devolution ku Nairobi dzulo, akuluakulu aboma adati ndalamazi zithandizira kukonzanso ntchitoyi.
Nthumwizo zinali ndi mamembala a komiti yayikuluyo a Mary Mugwanja (zachuma ndi chitukuko cha zachuma) ndi a James Karitu (zaulimi, ziweto ndi nsomba) komanso mlembi wa boma, a Hiram Kahiro
Mary Mugwanja (zachuma ndi chitukuko cha zachuma):
"Izi zikutilola ife kuyamba ntchito zokonzekera ndikupempha kuti atithandizire ndalama zisanafike pachithunzichi chachikulu mwezi wamawa."
Mlembi Wamkulu wa Devolution Charles Sunkuli adayamika a Nyandarua chifukwa chokwaniritsa zofunikira za EU pantchitoyi.
Charles Sunkuli:
"Ndiwe wachigawo chachiwiri kusaina mgwirizano pambuyo pa Makueni."
Mbande za mbatata
Pansi pa pulogalamu ya EU, ndalamazi zithandizira ntchito yopanga ndi kusungira mbatata ya Nyandarua ku Ol Joro Orok ndi Njabini Ulimi Malo Ophunzitsira (ATCs) ndi labotale yazikhalidwe.
James Karitu (ulimi, ziweto ndi nsomba):
"Tipititsa patsogolo mbatata m'chigawochi popititsa patsogolo kupezeka ndi mwayi wopeza mbewu zovomerezeka za mbatata kuchokera pakadali pano kuti pafupifupi magawo awiri mpaka 10% pofika chaka cha 2020."
A Kahiro alengeza kuti alimi ndi ena ochita nawo mbatata alimbikitsidwa zaubwino wogwiritsa ntchito mbewu zabwino kwambiri.
Hiram Kahiro, mlembi wa County:
"Tithandizira ogula mbatata, mahotela ndi malo ogulitsira, omwe amapereka katundu, onyamula katundu, ogulitsa m'sitolo, ogulitsa masheya ndi mapurosesa kuti gulu lililonse lofuna kukwera likhalepo."
Mwa mabanja 131,697 apafamu, 113,000 ndi alimi ang'onoang'ono a mbatata pomwe 7,400 ndi yayikulu. Mu 2017, County idatulutsa mbatata zamtengo wopitilira Sh8 biliyoni (USD 80 miliyoni).