{
  "id": 11279868,
  "title": "Ruto announces sugar production plan for Galana-Kulalu Dam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/ruto-announces-sugar-production-plan-for-galana-kulalu-dam",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T20:34:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ruto-announces-sugar-production-plan-for-galana-kulalu-dam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President William Ruto has announced plans to use the Galana-Kulalu irrigation scheme to expand sugar production, with the National Infrastructure Fund set to finance a major dam to support the project. Speaking during a media engagement in Mombasa on Thursday, October 1, 2026, Ruto said irrigation would be key to developing sugarcane farming along the […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}