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Farmers in dilemma as moles ravage food fields in Nyamira

Petero Mosota, also known as Rokore, a mole trapper shows his catch. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard].

Moles are ravaging farms at Chitago village in Nyamira County, leaving farmers counting losses.

Richard Maengwe is a subsistence farmer who grows maize, nappier grass and bananas. But he is alarmed by the number of rodents in his in his two-acre farm, which have seen him suffer huge losses.

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