Jump to full article: Daily Nation (ke), 2010-01-24
Author: SUNDAY NATION Correspondent
Intro: The tobacco-growing districts of Migori and Kuria have recently sprung to life after leaf-buying companies paid out over Sh20 million to farmers.
Lifestyles have changed overnight with some men marrying additional wives. Others are painting the town red, camping in bars and hotels for several days and drinking away their fortune.
Unconfirmed reports say a farmer lost Sh100,000 to a prostitute who drugged him. The Sunday Nation could not trace him to give his account. But a spot check showed commercial sex workers from as far away as Kisumu, Kericho, Nakuru and Tanzania have descended on the region.
Alliance One Tobacco, BAT Kenya and Mastermind Tobacco have been organising investment workshops for their more than 15,000 contracted farmers in the region. But it appears their efforts have done little to change lifestyles here.
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