Kenyan Government to Spend Sh5bn Reviving Stalled Irrigation Projects
CS Eugene Wamalwa has said the government will spend more than Sh5 billion to revive key stalled irrigation projects along River Galana and in Kibwezi from March next year.
He said on Thursday the funds will be allocated to two key irrigation projects in Madunguni and Kibwezi to boost irrigation and reduce food shortage.
He said all community irrigation projects along the rivers Galana-Sabaki line will be revived to enable the community to carry out small-scale farming.
Wamalwa said the aim of reviving the projects is to supplement the one million-acre food security project in Galana Kulalu. He said the 10,000-acre test farm in Galana-Kulalu has been successful, producing 39 bags of maize per acre and set to be complete by March next year.
EU/ECHO/Martin Karimi