Sauri villagers worry about a return to poverty when project packs up

The Sauri Community Health Centre in Siaya County, western Kenya, was built under the Millennium Village Project in 2005. PHOTO | FILE

Of all 14 Millennium Villages across Africa, Sauri — a cluster of 11 — in western Kenya may have received the most criticism — from technocrats, policy makers to researchers.

Understandably, because it was the first under the grand project, and there were mistakes to be made and lessons to be learnt.