Uasin Gishu County Governor Jackson Mandago (centre) accompanied by Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno second (right), Speaker of Uasin Gishu County Assembly David Kiplagat (left), Joel Rugut, Chairman of Agriculture Committee in the county assembly addresses the press after opening the second session of the county assembly in Eldoret town on February 12, 2019. He challenged the government to prioritise purchasing maize from individual farmers first, and not from government institutions like Galana Kulalu and Agriculture Development Corporation.