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Kenyans in dry areas urged to embrace sweet potatoes to beat drought

Devolution Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Abdul Bahari (in white cap) during a tour of a bakery in Maua, Meru. [Olivia Murithi/Standard]

Senior Devolution and Agriculture ministry officials visited Meru Friends Sacco Sweet Potato Processing Factory in Maua town to assess its operations.

The Sacco brings together orange-threshed sweet potato farmers who deliver the product to the factory at up to Sh30 per kilogramme.

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