Rice shortage hits Migori millers as irrigation agency scales down

Bags of rice at a Multipurpose Cooperative Society store. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG

A move by the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) to reduce operations at the lower Kuja rice irrigation scheme has grounded operations of millers.

Already, rice millers are bearing the brunt of the unending stalemate between farmers and the scheme management with several acres of land lying fallow over compensation delays.

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