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A sorghum farmer attends to his crop at his farm im Muhoroni Kisumu county on May18th 2018. (Collins Oduor, Standard).
The start of long rains across western Kenya has rekindled hopes for some 15,000 farmers contracted to grow sorghum for the Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) keg plant in Kisumu.
Delayed rains had sent fears of possible crop failure and many of the farmers put off planting to wait for the rains.
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