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The post came a day after deputy President Rigathi Gachagua unveiled subsidised fertliser prices that is targeting farmers for the short rains season.

“Many fakes on Russian fertilizers are circulating in local social media. The Embassy of the Russian Federation hereby requests all users to verify information on Russian fertilizers in Kenya on official media resources of the Embassy,” said the Embassy on its twitter handle. A press release related to the donation in question was made on July 28 in which the CEO announced that Urachem would make a humanitarian Shipment of fertilizers to Africa. “It has come to the notice of our company that fertilizer donated by our company as part of combating food insecurity in Africa is being sold in Kenya as part of the fertilizer subsidy,” claims the post. The Russian embassy in Kenya has flagged the statement as fake, even as this continued to stir debate on social media A press release circulating on social media claiming that Kenya is selling fertilizer donated by a Russian company, Uralchem, as part of a subsidy to farmers is fake.