| Published Sat, February 3rd 2018 at 09:35, Updated February 3rd 2018 at 09:40 GMT +3The government has dismissed claims that there are plans to privatise the one-million-acre Galana-Kulalu irrigation project in Kilifi and Tana River counties. ALSO READ: PS rules out fertiliser-making plantAgriculture Principal Secretary Richard Lesiyampe said the government was only looking for strategic partners who would put the land into produce use. It is not true that we want to give that land to private individuals or want to sell it. Last week, about 10 MPs from Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi and Tana River counties vowed to evict whoever is allocated land by the government. ALSO READ: Kilifi County will dry up by 2030, expert warnsThe project, which was launched in 2014, is billed as Kenya’s long-awaited solution to perennial food insecurity.

Source: Standard Digital February 03, 2018 06:33 UTC