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Investor to pump in Sh20b to reclaim Yala swamp, create 2,000 jobs

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Members of Kanyaboli Site Support group monitoring Yala swamp. [File, Standard]

Siaya County residents will benefit from a Sh20 billion project after the National Land Commission allocated Lake Agro Ltd some 17,250 acres of land at the Yala Swamp for agricultural use in a 66 years lease agreement.

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