A multi-billion water challenge has been launched in Western Kenya to assist address perennial floods in components of the region and promote irrigation farming.
The Ksh7 billion (US$70 million) project dubbed Lower Nzoia Irrigation Project will spread across 10,000 acres of land with a view of producing sufficient food to serve the whole region. 5,000 acres is anticipated to be under high value crops and the other 5,000 acres underneath rice and food crops to learn 12,000 households.
At least 34km of dykes might be constructed in addition to River Nzoia to forestall it from bursting its banks and discharging water which would wreak havoc on farms and houses.
The challenge is projected to learn a minimum of 60,000 people from two western counties of Busia and Siaya.
While launching the challenge, Kenya’s Deputy President, Dr. William Ruto said that a weir will be constructed to manage water flowing into River Nzoia from different rivers outside the county.
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“Food safety is one of our Big Four agendas and we’re committed to ensuring that we’ve enough food and farmers get cash,” said Ruto
Residents are optimistic the relaunch of the Irrigation Scheme will see rice manufacturing in the area jump to a new degree.
The project under the National Irrigation Board was conceived in 2006 to assist fight perennial flooding at the lower Nzoia areas, while diverting the water and using it for irrigation.
The National Irrigation Board has said that some preliminary works, which embrace the construction of concrete diversion weir, 135m connecting channel and a pair of.7km canal, are ongoing.
Kenya’s Irrigation Permanent Secretary, Fred Segor, stated the venture was set to be a fully-fledged agribusiness enterprise with manufacturing and value addition.
He introduced that there were efforts to make sure the venture is completed in 2021 as had been envisioned.
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