Irrigation agency wants State to pay Sh2.3bn farmers’ debt

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The National Irrigation Agency (NIA) boss Gitonga Mugambi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The National Irrigation Agency (NIA) wants the Treasury to foot a Sh2.3 billion loan that was used to set up infrastructure in five irrigation schemes.

Gitonga Mugambi, NIA chief executive officer, told Parliament that farmers in the four irrigation schemes are unable to repay the loan.

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