Mwea scheme rice farmers vow not to pay Warma charges

The Authority is set to collect Sh450 million from the 30,000 acres under irrigation.  [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

Rice farmers from Mwea Irrigation scheme have vowed not to pay the Sh15,000 levies imposed by the Water Resource Management Authority terming it exploitative.

The farmers argue that the new regulations which were gazetted this year will increase the levies from the current Sh3,000 repair and maintenance fee paid to National Irrigation Authority to Sh15,000 Warma.