Nation | by Dickens Wasonga
Fluctuating prices and ineffective management of cooperative societies are derailing the revival of the cotton industry in Siaya county.
Farmers in Rarieda are stuck with 8,000 tonnes of cotton after a bumper harvest two months ago.
Mr Willis Ochieng, one of the affected farmers, said some families began harvesting their cotton in late September but cannot sell it due to the low prices offered.
Mr Ochieng, who had an acre under cotton, said the price of a kilo has fallen from Sh52 to Sh48…
