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Processes involved in draining swamps

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Processes Involved in draining swamps
(a) Digging ditches for water to ooze into and flow away by gravity
(b) Planting eucalyptus which takes up a lot of water e.g. at Kakuzi in Makuyu.
(c) Laying perforated pipes in ditches which water will seep into and flow away by gravity.
- Areas in Kenya with have been reclaimed by draining are:
(a) Yala on lower courses of R.Yala
(b) Bunyala on lower courses of R.Nzoia.
- The project was conceived in 1970.