But the Sh300 million project has collapsed and the Wamagana Fish Processing plant remains a Sh60 million white elephant. “He told me the government was building fish ponds for farmers and would supply them with free fingerlings and feed,” he says. “Eventually when the government realised the project was collapsing, it rushed to build the fish processing plant,” Nyamu said. Nyeri Fish Farmers Cooperative Society chairman Charles Mbauni said the factory was constructed in Nyeri as the county was leading in fish farming. Construction of ponds, logistics, maintenance and the fish factory cost about Sh300 million.The government built 300 fish ponds in every constituency, a total of 2,500 in the county.

Source: The Star February 22, 2019 18:33 UTC