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Irrigation proposals promise farmers more powers

Water, Sanitation and Irrigation PS Joseph Irungu

Sweeping changes are expected in the initiation, funding and management of irrigation schemes if proposed regulations are anything to go by.

The proposed changes place more powers over schemes in the hands of farmers who will be required to organise themselves. The Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation expects to have 1.2 million acres of land put under irrigation.

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