The government is currently implementing an irrigation project at Maragua ridge in Murang'a County that will benefit 848 households.
The project funded at the tune of Sh312 million is 99 percent complete and will cover 400 acres in parts of Kambiti and Kamahuha wards within Maragua constituency.
Currently, the region relies on rainfed agriculture, with the irrigation project expected to transform the livelihoods of the locals, thus boosting food security.
On Friday, Deputy Chief of Staff Performance and Delivery Management in the office the president, Eliud Owalo, visited the project and revealed that some farmers were already accessing water for irrigation in their farms.
