BY JAMES WAFULLA IN NAIROBI
The World Bank has declared Kiambu county food secure ahead of Elnino heavy rains expected this month and awarded top best performing prize to county Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operative Development CEC Mr. Wifred Mwenda Kiara.
The event is third time Kiambu county has scooped the top award thanks to clinical investments in the agriculture sector spearheaded by Kiara.
Speaking during a multi-sectoral conference on Resource Mobilisation and Capacity Building today Tuesday October 6 2026, PBO national chairman Stephen Kipchumba Cheboi praised Kiambu for the success story in agriculture that won praise of both World Bank and IMF.
taking stringent rescue measures to help mitigate vagaries associated with the Elnino rains.
“We fully agree with the world bank for awarding CECM Kiara for best performing county official in this critical sector even as other counties face an acute shortage of maize the country’s staple food,” Cheboi said.
Cheboi said food security strategies employed in Kiambu that include massive investments in agriculture through round the clock cultivation and availability of fertilizers and water, should be emulated by other counties.Mr. Kiara outlined wide ranging strategies that had informed the sector and ensured food security which also include setting up cooperative societies in all the 6 wards and turning municipalities into constituencies.Among this included giving out free seedlings to both men and women, growing avocado and other fruits, while boosting dairy and poultry farming.
“In the last 4 years Kiambu has been self sufficient in food and has not had to import any especially like what happened during the 2023 Elnino rains that claimed lives and destroyed property,” Kiara said.
Kiara said the county was over 90 percent food secure and was ready to cope with the Elnino rains having largely opened drainage pipes and sewer lines.
Cheboi praised the official for a job well done adding saying strategies employed could go a long way in helping areas prone to food shortage, to cope with drought.
He said lasting peace could only be attainable when wananchi are not hungry and unsafe adding that the National Election Support Initiative (NAESI) would build on the gains from Kiambu.
