Collapse of Sh8b Galana-Kulalu a shame, says Israel diplomat

An emaciated Rosa Lokol sleeps outside her Manyatta at Lojere Emoit village in Turkana County as hunger ravages northern Kenya. [File, Standard]

Kenya has sent the wrong signals for allowing the collapse of a government-to-government project financed by Israel.

The project, which has tainted the country’s image and its commitment, is the flagship Galana-Kulalu irrigation scheme, which has collapsed despite over Sh5 billion being spent.