The MP told
mourners that he has already secured funds to revive the once obsolete local
ginnery at Mulwanda, the facility has always been in the news but for all the
wrong reasons, almost ksh.48m was pumped into the facility by the county government
of Busia to revive it but the money was embezzled
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| Hon.Oundo Mudenyo |
Funyula member of
parliament,Hon.Oundo Mudenyo,has urged locals to embrace cotton farming
again,he was speaking at the burial of former Magadi Soda production manager, Mr.William
Okumu Onyango at his Buduong'i home,Funyula Sub County.
The MP told
mourners that he has already secured funds to revive the once obsolete local
ginnery at Mulwanda, the facility has always been in the news but for all the
wrong reasons, almost ksh.48m was pumped into the facility by the county government
of Busia to revive it but the money was embezzled. He assured farmers of a
ready market for their produce this is after the revival of Rivatex.
"Our only
cash crop was cotton, let us go back to it, this time we have a ready market
which is Rivatex, they have promised to improve the price of the product, "he
said.
Hon.Mudenyo also
told them that Rivatex has assured farmers to supply the with seeds and
insecticides.
The same funeral
was also attended by Bunyala Member of Parliament, Hon.Raphael Wanjala who
talked about the coming Census exercise, he told the mourners that the exercise
was too important; they should take it seriously and make sure they are
counted.
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