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Despair reigns in cotton belt of Western Kenya

Arnold Marumbu, a cotton farmer inspecting his crop at Sirisia in Bungoma County.[File]

Malakisi ginnery which was commissioned on August 27, 1976, is one of the oldest in Busia.

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