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Maize Lethal Necrosis, a killer disease famous for wiping entire maize yields and first reported in Kenya in 2011, has been farmers’ and the Government’s biggest headache in the recent past.
In Bomet, where it was first reported, farmers have christened it ‘Koroito’ or plague, even though they can’t explain its origin. When it first struck, it affected over 26,000 hectares, costing the country some Sh2 billion.
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