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More farmers will be put under irrigation programmes to grow food for the growing population. National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich allocated Sh15 billion in this year’s budget to finance irrigation activities. Of this, Sh10.3 billion fund the irrigation projects outlined by the National Irrigation Board (NIB), while Sh3.5 billion will finance the one million acre Jubilee Government flagship project Galana/Kulalu irrigation project.
The Sh10.3 billion will be expected to finance 114 irrigation projects in the 2015/16 financial year. Under the current scenario, irrigation activities have been under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
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