Sholei Clashes With Citizen TV Journalist on Live TV

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The disagreement erupted when Gituku pressed Shollei on claims that maize yields had jumped from 34 million bags to 67 million bags by 2025, a figure she insisted was accurate.

“ We managed to double the yield of maize in the country in less than two years, from 34 million bags to 67 million bags by 2025,” Sholei stated.

Gituku, seemingly not pushed back, cited the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) economic survey, which he said placed the real figure at around 47 million bags for the same year.

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The former Deputy Speaker accused the journalist of trying to debate rather than let her explain her position, arguing that anyone citing figures owes the public accuracy.

“Deputy Speaker, if you cite a figure, it has to be accurate. I am telling you that figure has been quoted repeatedly by the president and it is wrong because the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics talks about 47 million bags of maize,” Gituku stated.

Things got even more tense as she turned the conversation around, asking whether Gituku was simply complaining about food security or interested in genuine solutions, accusing him of being totally ‘unfair for taking a position’ in the interview.

She pointed to the fertiliser subsidy programme as one of the deliberate steps her government took to boost production and cut reliance on imported maize.

According to Shollei, maize imports have dropped sharply, from about 9.9 million bags in previous years to just 3.3 million bags as of 2025.

She also brought up falling unga prices, noting that a two-kilogramme packet that once cost Kh250 now goes for around KSh165 in most shops, prices that were also floated by President William Ruto during t he Broad-Based PG Meeting on August 11 i n Nakuru while defending the four years his administration has been in power.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke

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