All is set for this year's Mombasa annual Agriculture Society of Kenya (ASK) show set to be held from November 2 to 6, 2022.

The once-popular event was not held for two consecutive years as the country went into a lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This year's ASK show calendar officially begun on Sunday with a special thanksgiving service at the Mombasa ACK cathedral church, presided over by the .

Speaking after the service, Mombasa ASK show Chairman Anisa Abdallah revealed that there will be a special agribusiness training.

"We will be having specialists who will be training those interested in agribusiness. I would like to appeal to our youths to come out in large numbers and also attend this training since it will help them in job creation and self employment instead of just sitting and waiting for white collar jobs" said Abdallah.

Adding " We are set and ready to receive all the visitors for this year's show".

President William Ruto is expected to officially open the show on Thursday, 3rd November.

This year's theme is 'Promoting innovation and Technology in Agriculture and Trade'

On his part Mombasa ACK cathedral bishop Alphonse Baya cautioned government officials against taking advantage of the relief food program to benefit themselves.

"As we all know it is a shame that today people are dying of hunger, starvation, lack of water yet with good strategic preparedness this are challenges which are not necessarily for Kenyans because we have everything necessary we are properly gifted to give food for everyone in this country. Hunger is a man made problem, why is it that only some people die out of hunger it means that there is a problem in the system that distributes food to our plates which needs to be addressed. ." said Bishop Baya

Adding " As the government distributes food for relief let us hope that there will be no famine billionaires as it were during the Covid period where we had Covid billionaires."