Caption for the landscape image: How revival of Bura irrigation scheme has sparked hope of economic boom Saturday, October 11, 2025 Scroll down to read the article A mechanised irrigation system at Tana River Sugar farm in this photo taken on October 6, 2025. Photo credit: Stephen Oduor | Nation By Stephen Oduor Correspondent Nation Media Group Article Related At the heart of the vast Bura Irrigation Scheme, tractors rumble and workers bend over neat rows of green shoots. On a 30-hectare plot, seedlings of eight carefully selected sugarcane varieties sway gently in the breeze from the nearby Tana River. PREMIUM Ex-journalist trades byline for mushroom farming From headlines to harvest. New arrowroot variety gives Kenya Prisons top innovation prize at Nairobi ASK show The new arrowroot variety thrives in areas with minimal rainfall, including the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) regions. . Recommended for you PREMIUM Where did KRA’s 13,000 cargo tracking seals go? Transporters demand answers PREMIUM From green waste to gold: How Kiambu farmer makes organic fertiliser PREMIUM Nomads to farmers: Pastoralists are ditching livestock for solar farming PREMIUM My switch from potatoes to cabbage seedlings Login to join the discussion Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. In the headlines Elections News Counties Business Opinion Sports Life & Style Health Podcasts Photos Newsletters Puzzles Tanzania arrest leads to Sh3.6bn drug haul recovery in Kwale Two Tanzanians, Ugandan arrested in Sh3.6bn drug bust. PREMIUM Why MPs want a say in village elders’ selection MPs' push exposes battle for control of 106,000-strong grassroots army ahead of 2027 elections. PREMIUM What next for Matiang’i as Ongwae’s new party raises stakes in Gusii Ongwae says his party believes in neither the “one-term” nor the “two-term” narrative.
New arrowroot variety gives Kenya Prisons top innovation prize at Nairobi ASK show The new arrowroot variety thrives in areas with minimal rainfall, including the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) regions.
Tanzania arrest leads to Sh3.6bn drug haul recovery in Kwale Two Tanzanians, Ugandan arrested in Sh3.6bn drug bust.
PREMIUM Why MPs want a say in village elders’ selection MPs' push exposes battle for control of 106,000-strong grassroots army ahead of 2027 elections.
PREMIUM What next for Matiang’i as Ongwae’s new party raises stakes in Gusii Ongwae says his party believes in neither the “one-term” nor the “two-term” narrative.
