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Irrigation helping Lamu County tame hunger

Governor Issa Timamy

The county government has established several small-scale irrigation schemes to boost food security across the impoverished islands.

Governor Issa Timamy said in an interview with The Standard yesterday that his administration has spent Sh14 million since 2015 on the small-scale irrigation schemes, designed as a ‘ladder out of poverty’ for rural communities and small-holder farmers.

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