People living across six regions near Lake Victoria are pretty stoked after hearing the government finally stopped dragging its feet on the Ngono River project. Former Agriculture Deputy Minister David Silinde told Parliament the feasibility studies are done, and contractors are getting lined up to actually build irrigation systems covering more than 11,000 hectares across Bukoba, Missenyi, and Muleba districts.
Locals like Daudi Rutakurembelwa from Rukulungo Village reckon this thing could completely flip the regional economy since the Kagera Basin sits right next to Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya with solid trade routes into Congo and South Sudan. The basin can apparently handle over 16,000 hectares of irrigation farming once everything gets rolling. Saverina Kolushusho from Kamishango Village called it a golden opportunity that should pump up national food reserves.
Construction kicks off this financial year after decades of waiting, with 22 strategic basins getting developed for large-scale irrigation.
Locals like Daudi Rutakurembelwa from Rukulungo Village reckon this thing could completely flip the regional economy since the Kagera Basin sits right next to Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya with solid trade routes into Congo and South Sudan. The basin can apparently handle over 16,000 hectares of irrigation farming once everything gets rolling. Saverina Kolushusho from Kamishango Village called it a golden opportunity that should pump up national food reserves.
Construction kicks off this financial year after decades of waiting, with 22 strategic basins getting developed for large-scale irrigation.
