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'Money maker' miracle of lush vegetable garden in arid West Pokot

Monica Kitudu is a farmer uses a mechanical machine dubbed 'money maker' to irrigate her vegetable farm in West Pokot [GARDY CHACHA/STANDARD]

Imagine a lush green garden of vegetables straddling the landscape in an arid area. ‘Beautiful’ would be an understatement.

 It looks magnificent. And that is how you are likely to bump onto Monica Kitudu’s farm, in Simatwa, Kongelai, West Pokot. It is all made possible by a single mechanical apparatus that Kitudu uses for irrigation.

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