Kisii avocado factory still a pipe dream five years later

Kisii Govenor James Ongwae leads Senate lands committee in touring Nyangweta forest in South Mugirango, the proposed site for the sugar factory. [Photo by Sammy Omingo/Standard]

It was envisaged to be a land mark investment since the advent of devolution. But five years later, the Kisii Avocado Processing factory remains a dream on paper.

The Sh150 million factory was meant to process 80 tonnes of the fruit daily and offer employment opportunities to hundreds of youth.