Can Galana Kulalu irrigation project solve Kenya’s food shortage?

Food Security, being one of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four agenda, has attracted more criticism than admiration due to a number of scandals in the Agriculture Ministry that is headed by Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri.

With a growing population and continued land degradation due to overgrazing, poor farming practices, deforestation and climate change, Kenya must also look to new ways to make farming more productive and profitable.