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Workers prepare mangoes that are ripe to be dried for preservation at the Cheptebo Mango Value addition factory in Kerio Valley. [Kevin Tunoi/Standard]
Two multi-million-shilling factories have been set up in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County to open up mango farming in the drought-prone area.
Last week, the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) tested a Sh100 million mango juice processing factory at Tot, in Marakwet East Constituency and declared it ready to start operations.
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