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Farmers' joy as irrigation project limps back to life

[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Work at the Oluch Kimira irrigation scheme project in Homa Bay county is on course.
Farmers have started reaping from the project which is being undertaken by the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) in Rangwe and Karachuonyo constituencies.
Previously, the project which started in 2007 was dogged by delays and challenges.

In 2021, the Defence committee of the National Assembly called for a forensic audit of the Sh7.2 billion Kimira-Oluch irrigation project.

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