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Kwale, Lamu ginneries spark cotton comeback in Coast region

PAVI Cotton Farmers Cooperative Society chairman Jackson Nduya chats with Thika Cotton Mills Development Manager Hesmond Olweny as farmers look on. [Chebet Biriri, Standard]

A new dawn awaits cotton farmers in the Coast region as two state-of-the-art ginneries in Kwale and Lamu promise to revive the cash crop and unlock fresh economic opportunities.

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