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Man's dream to save Kerio Valley with 'miracle grass' pays off

Aron Kangwony at his Vetiver grass farm at home Tilomwonin village in Kamnarok that lies on the base of Kerio Valley belt in Baringo County on August 25, 2022. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

From afar, it looks like partitioned sorghum farms sandwiched by fruit trees. Up-close, the sorghum-like grass known as vetiver looks rich surrounding Tilomwonin village in Kamnarok that lies on the base of the Kerio Valley belt.

The unique grass, which is fast transforming the Kerio Valley belt, was once a dream hatched thousands of miles away in India during a visit by Aron Kangwony, a former Kenya Airways employee.

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