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Hope alive as dew harvesting springs life into dry farms

Peter Ekatorot, a Hydrology and Water Resource Management student at South Eastern Kenya University, in Kitui County on January 10, 2019. [Photo, Philip Muasya]

In Kathongo village, Mbooni West, one of the driest parts of Makueni County, Kaloki Mutwota walks around his farm inspecting healthy pawpaws which have defied the local harsh weather to flourish.

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