Vital irrigation projects stall in Elgeyo Marakwet as insecurity reigns

A vandalised irrigation pipeline at Tot-Kolowa irrigation scheme in Tiaty, Baringo County in April. The Sh245 million project was funded by money from Kenyans and well-wishers who contributed during the Kenyans for Kenya 2011 initiative following a devastating drought. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

When a tunnel to the Tot-Kolowa irrigation scheme was blocked, Caroline Cheboi watched in despair as her crops withered by the day until they finally dried up.

“It was a huge loss. I cry every time I think of the breakthrough I would have had if I had harvested the green grams on the one-acre plot. I also had millet on the farm, which dried up,” recalls Cheboi, a resident of Tot, Elgeyo Marakwet County.