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Principal Secretary for Irrigation Ephantus Kimotho.
Kenya is staking Sh598 billion on a 10-year irrigation overhaul anchored on the revival of the Galana Kulalu Food Security Project, a scheme long written off as a costly failure, as the government moves to end reliance on food imports.
Principal Secretary for Irrigation Ephantus Kimotho presented the National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan (NISIP) 2025–2035 on Wednesday, May 3, during the Head of Public Service Monthly Meeting at Konza Technopolis, outlining how the state intends to nearly double irrigated land from 664,000 acres to 1,289,142 acres over the next decade.
At the heart of the plan is Galana Kulalu, a 200,000-acre scheme in the Coast region that successive governments have poured billions into since 2014, with little to show for it. The state now says the project will produce over 14 million bags of maize annually once fully operational, backed by a completed intake and reservoir holding 450,000 cubic metres of water.
