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Thiba Dam is full! 15.6 million cubic metres of water stored and the surplus now overflowing through the spillway....
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NIA Board Chairman, Eng. Gilbert Maluki, accompanied by Director Simon Ngugi today led an inspection visit and commissioning of the first crop under the strategic collaboration between NIA and the National Youth Service (NYS) at Bura Irrigation Scheme in Tana River County.
Teams on-site are working toward clearing the entire 2,000-acre block while simultaneously constructing a 9.7 km irrigation canal extension by end of November to ensure sustainable water delivery across the expanded production zone.
Later the team visited Galana Kulalu Food Security Project in Kilifi and Tana River Counties to inspect the remarkable progress made in revitalising the Project by the National Irrigation Authority through strategic partnership with private investors.
Through the project, the National Irrigation Authority remains committed to unlocking the country’s agricultural potential, expanding irrigated land, creating employment opportunities, particularly and …
Today, the Principal Secretary, State Department for Irrigation, CPA, Ephantus Kimotho, CBS, hosted the Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service, Mr. Felix K. Koskei, EGH and his fellow Principal Secretaries in Bura Irrigation Scheme in Tana River County.
The scheme is currently doing double cropping & has attracted private investment, with 525 acres already under seed cane production. The private investors & local farmers will open over 135,000 acres under irrigation for rice, sugarcane, cotton, maize & other high value crops
