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| Nyatike MP Omondi Anyanga |
Government has been urged to increase its allocation on irrigation to facilitate the establishment of more schemes in arid and semi-arid regions. In the 2013/2014 budget, Treasury allocated Sh9.5 billion to irrigation. Nyatike MP Omondi Anyanga (pictured) said more funding would allow the National Irrigation Board to revive all stalled irrigation projects in the region.
He spoke as the Government announced plans to speed up the completion of the first phase of the Lower Kuja Irrigation Project in Migori County. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei, who visited the Lower Kuja project at the weekend, announced that Sh67 million would be released to the contractors to speed up works on the 19,293 acre project in Nyatike constituency, in phase one.
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