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Revive cotton farming to create employment

There comes a time in the life of a nation when it must accept that it took a wrong turning and begin to retrace its steps.

Margaret Chemengich, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade reminded the country, earlier this week, that the textile and clothing industry was at one time the second largest employer after the Civil Service when the country was producing over 70,000 bales for the local market and employing over 200,000.

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