BY OMARI AKELLO
KISUMU county
women representative Rose Nyamunga has vowed to eradicate poverty within the County
after meeting various investors from United Kingdom.
Speaking to small
scale farmers in Kisumu from UK after attending her daughter’s graduation Ceremony
at Sheffield University, Nyamunga said the investors are ready to invest within
the county.
She said the
investors have vowed to start an irrigation project within the county to ensure
that food security is improved.
The women representative
said various research has revealed that Kisumu county residents are spending a
total sum of Sh75 million every day in buying food.
“This makes it
difficult for people within the county to invest when spending such sum of
money on a daily basis”, she said.
Nyamunga said the
project will be done jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture, National
Irrigation Board and the International Investors.
She said the
project is aimed at rehabilitating the lands belonging to small scale farmers
within the region.
“It will also
involve making an irrigation scheme that will boost food production and maximize
the lands potentials.
She said during
the last feasibility study conducted, it indicated that Kisumu County was the
most suitable region for irrigation.
“This pilot
irrigation project will ensure that poverty within the county is alleviated”,
said the women rep.
She however advised
small scale farmers to desist from cultural beliefs where farmers plant their
crops and wait for the raining seasons.
The women
representative has brought numerous projects within the county like Kisumu
county Revolving Funds and Table Banking.
She said they are
soon launching a poultry project that anybody interested in will be attended to
and promised to give full support in managing the project ones it’s rolled out.
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