Rice farmers at Ahero Irrigation Scheme stuck due to lack of market. He makes the trips to find out whether the government plans to buy tonnes of rice farmers like him have at the mills storage facilities. Ahero Irrigation Scheme had only supplied Sh12 million worth of rice, out of the Sh70 million worth of harvest farmers got last year. “But with the corporation now shutting its doors, the middlemen have raided the area to buy rice at throwaway prices. Joel Tanui, the manager for Western Kenya National Irrigation Authority, said Ahero Irrigation Scheme alone is holding rice worth Sh50 million.

Source: Standard Digital January 16, 2021 18:32 UTC