The chairman of the Ndungu Rice Scheme, Mr Kapongo Sonda has told The Citizen recently that the situation was serious, adding that there had not been any response from the responsible authorities in the government despite several appeals.
According to him, the scheme has a total of 680 hectares and that out of them, 442ha of rice fields have been devoured by the red-billed birds which fly from one part of the African continent to another in huge flocks in search of the early maturing cereals and annual wild grasses, seeds and grains.
