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Vihiga residents are angry with the county government for proposing to sell them a fertiliser made from their own faeces, and instead, want it for free or to keep it in their toilets.
In 2020, the county government commissioned a project to produce cheap fertiliser from human waste to protect farmers from high artificial fertiliser prices. The county intends to sell fertiliser to farmers for between Sh300 and Sh500 from a Sh17 million decentralised wastewater treatment plant on the outskirts of Mbale town.
Residents who spoke with Nairobian said the idea was great for environmental conservation, but the end product was supposed to be given to them for free because the raw materials belonged to them.
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