President William Ruto toured Lamu and Tana River counties on Thursday where he announced plans to introduce commercial rice and sugarcane production.
He said the government will produce rice and sugarcane under irrigation with the help of private investors. "We are going to transform this region through irrigated agriculture and we will make it one of the food baskets in the country.
We will focus on production of rice and sugarcane in partnership with investors to save on foreign exchange used to import these commodities," he said.
President Ruto, who was flanked by Cabinet Secretaries Hassan Joho (Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs) and Eric Muriithi (Water and Irrigation), Lamu governor Issa Timamy and his Tana River counterpart Dhadho Godhana, launched several projects in the region and promised to resolve the land problem through issuance of title deeds.
