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Long before proposing his "Big Four" program for his second and final five-year term, which will end in 2022, President Uhuru Kenyatta has strengthened his food security. Of course, the other three that he hopes, along with the boom of agriculture, will help to consolidate his legacy, to promote manufacturing to create more jobs, to expand coverage and increase the number of dwellings.
the President is eager to lay the foundation for a comprehensive effort to boost agriculture.
And it was almost certain that with rainfed agriculture becoming very delicate and unreliable, irrigation held the key to ensuring sufficient food stocks for all Kenyans
Ironically This is what now presents a major setback for President Kenyatta. leadership
The potential for irrigation in the Tana River Delta has never been in doubt.
Indeed, when the Jubilee Government sought to stimulate the production of food crops, there was no better place than in this region and the rulers were too eager to make available resources to irrigate a crop. Another, the failure of the Hola Irrigation Project A 10,000-acre model farm at the Galana Kulalu Irrigation Project was envisioned as the showcase of the new venture and President Kenyatta and his deputy, Mr. William Ruto, have officiated at the launch to affirm their commitment to the project.
But several years later, and with billions of shillings poured into the project, there was no return to talk about it.
In fact, the project has been a monumental flop and the growing threat of food insecurity is a mockery of senior management.
To make matters worse, the Auditor General is now questioning the loan of 7 billion shillings for the project that was signed according to terms he is convinced were not in the best interests of the Kenyan taxpayer.
In other words, there is an echo of the scourge of corruption that is omnipresent in the public sector.
The blame game between the National Irrigation Scheme and the National Treasure about the deal can not hide the fact that there is something wrong here.
As appalling is the gratuitous waste of public resources. All this, however, boils down to a disappointment of the president and the people by the officials, who should have used their expertise to give proper advice instead of going ahead with a lousy project.
The time has come to take drastic measures against officials who fail in their duties and who cause huge public losses.
