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A file photo of one of the pilot farms in the Galana irrigation scheme project [Gideon Maundu| Standard]
The government has announced plans to partner with top universities in the country as Israeli firm contracted to implement phase one of the Galana irrigation scheme project exit in March 2018.
Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa who announced plans to privatize 20,000 acres of the project said that they will now engage universities in the take-over.
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