Resolve issues raised in Galana before injecting more cash

President Uhuru Kenyatta operates a tractor when he commissioned Galana Kulalu Irrigation Scheme. [PICTURE/FILE]

In what could be seen as a candid assessment of one of Jubilee flagship projects, the National Assembly Committee on Agriculture raised a number of issues last week on the much-hyped Galana-Kulalu Irrigation project that need to be interrogated before moving to the second phase.

This assumes, of course, that the State is truly committed to giving taxpayers value for money as it often says. The committee’s revelation that the pilot 10,000 acres have already gobbled up Sh7 billions and has harvested a paltry 10 bags an acre raises serious doubts about the entire one million-acres project.