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Lower Kuja Irrigation Scheme faces hurdles as farmers abandon land

Richard Odhiambo at his rice farm, Lower Kuja Irrigation scheme. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

Rice farmers are abandoning huge tracts of land in the Lower-Kuja irrigation scheme, threatening the survival of the three-year Sh5.4 billion national government project that was commissioned by ODM leader Raila Odinga in May 2019.

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