KISUMU, KENYA: The Lake Basin Development Authority,(LBDA), is to construct a cotton ginnery and oil press factory in Kisumu as a strategy of reviving the cotton industry in the West Kenya region at cost of Sh700,00,000.
According to LBDA MD Dr. Raymond Omollo, the ginnery project will involve the acquisition and installation of a cotton ginning machine with a capacity to process up to 3,780 tonnes of cotton per year.