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Why a Sh6 billion irrigation project is wasting away

Cattle graze at Kimira Oluch Smallholder Farm Irrigation Project in Kowili village, Kochia Ward in Homa Bay County [James Omoro, Standard]

A Sh6 billion irrigation project is wasting away in Homa Bay County at a time Kenya is suffering food deficit due to low agricultural production.

The Oluch Kimira Small Holder Farm Irrigation Project was to turn Karachuonyo and Rangwe sub-counties, often hit by adverse dry weather conditions, into the region’s bread basket.

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