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Targeted assistance can revive cotton industry

-Editorial

It is hard to believe Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Felix Kosgei when he credits the Government for playing a key role in reviving the cotton industry over the past 11 years. This is because of the country’s eight cotton ginneries, those operating in Meru, Kirinyaga, Kitui and Makueni are owned by private individuals who from the very beginning have worked with other private sector players without State aid.

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