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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>President William Ruto has continued to extend his arm with the leaders across the political divide as he held talks with Busia Governor Paul Otuom on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The State House Press Secretary, Emmanuel Talam told the Star that the talks centered around development as the Busia Governor met the President at State Lodge Eldoret.<\/p>\n

“Discussed areas of collaboration between the national and county government especially on agriculture, particularly the revival of cotton farming, ” he said.<\/p>\n

Otuoma won Busia’s governor seat under the ODM party after garnering 164,478 votes in the August 9, 2022, general elections. John Sakwa of ANC came second with 92,144 votes.<\/p>\n

Busia County is set to benefit from various development projects.<\/p>\n

The first phase of Busia\u2019s County Aggregated Industrial Park will create more than 5,000 jobs for residents.<\/p>\n

Trade CS Moses Kuria launched the country\u2019s first CAIP in Busia, an investment that marked a major leap towards industrialisation.<\/p>\n

Early this month, the government delivered 17 tons of Bt Cotton to Busia, kicking off Kenya Kwanza’s plan to revive the sector.<\/p>\n

Busia targets to plant a total of 11,253 acres in the first phase, with the ultimate objective being to put 42,000 acres under cotton production in the county.<\/p>\n

The project targets to produce at least 800kgs of lint and cotton seed cake per acre, which will translate to more than nine million kilos; three million kilos of lint and six million kilos of cotton seed cake.<\/p>\n

Already 82,000 bags of fertiliser have been delivered to the Malaba NCPB depot ready for disbursement to farmers.<\/p>\n

The Bt cotton seed being issued through the e-vouchers is a genetically modified hybrid.<\/p>\n

There are two types of hybrid cotton-normal and Bt.<\/p>\n

Hybrid cotton is more profitable compared to conventional seed with hybrid seed planted in a one-acre farm producing 1,500 kilograms of cotton.<\/p>\n

Some 12,000 Kenyans have been registered as cotton farmers on the Kiamis platform.<\/p>\n

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