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Rice farmers stare at empty fields as dry spell bites

A rice farmer in a battered rice field in Ahero, Kisumu County. [Kepher Otieno, Standard]

Elizabeth Omollo, 61, stares at her empty eight-acre rice farm in Nyando rice belt in Kisumu County with sadness.

She has not had a proper rice harvest for the past five years due to a shortage of rainfall. Her main source of water is river Lie Lang'o, which supplies Chiga, Boda and Ambululu rice schemes.

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