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FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
A man manually drains water out of rice seedlings in a nursery at Okana Irrigation Scheme. [Kevine Omollo, Standard]
Income from rice production in Nyando, Kisumu County, is set to increase by Sh400 million annually following the operationalisation of the new 3,000-acre Okana Scheme.
The scheme was set up by the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) early this year to expand rice production in the Nyando belt. A spot check by The Standard revealed that work has already begun at the scheme, with many farmers finalising land preparation ahead of planting.
“Many farmers have their seedlings ready, and we hope we will begin planting in two weeks,” said Jared Otieno, a farmer, who is looking to have two acres under production in the scheme’s pilot phase.
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How Jomo moved to Africanise commerce in 1960s
Wednesday May 19 2021
The Asian exit was as a result of Jomo’s policy to swiftly Africanise commerce across Kenya.
The policy may not have been anchored on any explicit law or regulation, but trade licensing officers clearly understood their responsibility to use “discretion” to decide who to license.
President Kenyatta had made a significant political statement that moneyed Asians should leave distribution and retail to Africans and move to Nairobi Industrial Area to manufacture goods.
I will re-live my 1950/60s memories of how quickly Karatina (a transit town on the main highway north to Ethiopia) transitioned from an Asian controlled commerce to what we see today, following President Jomo Kenyatta’s transformational Africanisation policies immediately after independence. And this account can be replicated for most rural towns of colonial Kenya including the bazaar streets of Nairobi where businesses were essentially cont