Kenya Meat Commission clears Ksh.250M debt owed to farmers after military takeover

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Meat Commission has cleared the bulk of debts it owed livestock farmers and other suppliers since it was taken over by the military in Septe...

EAC losing export earnings due to low value addition of horticulture, leather products

By Citizen Reporter,

East African partner states are losing out billions of dollars by inadequately investing in adding value to horticulture and leather goods produced in...

EABC , leather industry

Joseph Chepkwony: Man who left home ‘for business’ 45 years ago returns

By Tonny Ndungu,

Joseph Chepkwony's return home after a mind-boggling 45 years nearly sent the sleepy village of Kasubwo into a panic. The villagers thought the 82-...

joseph chepkwony

Kenyan businesses count losses from coronavirus disruptions

By Kepha Muiruri,

The majority of Kenyan businesses in the country have tabulated losses from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak at less than Ksh.1 million. This indic...

coronavirus , KEPSA

Six arrested, 5 companies shut down as NEMA cracks down on pollution of rivers

By Ian Omondi,

Inspectors from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) on Thursday arrested six individuals and shut down at least 5 factories during a ...

Kibera Law Courts , Langata Police Station , NEMA , Pollution

CS Kiunjuri sued over tax on processed hides and skins

By Agnes Oloo,

The High Court in Nairobi on Thursday granted Tanners Association of Kenya permission to apply for an order to overturn a decision by Agriculture Cabi...

Adan Mohamed , ministry of agriculture , Mwangi Kiunjuri , Skins and hides , Tanners Association

Licensing of donkey slaughterhouses suspended over extinction fears

By Wanjiku Wanjiru,

The government has suspended the licensing of donkey slaughterhouses in a move aimed at saving the animals from extinction. Announcing the decision...

Agriculture Chief Administrative Secretary , Andrew Timur , donkey slaughterhouses , donkeys , ejiao

President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives in Italy ahead of G7 Summit

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Taormina, Italy, where he will showcase Kenya’s achievements at the G7 Summit as well as meet leaders of t...

G7 , G7 Summit , Kenya at G7 , Uhuru at G7 , Uhuru in Italy , Uhuru kenyatta

Govt. invites bids for Leather Park

By Citizen,

The government has put out an international tender for the construction of the Kenya Leather Park to be located in Machakos County. The leather par...

EPZA , international tender , Investors , Kenya Leather Park , leather , Leather Development Council , Ministry of Industrialization and Trade , unstructured industry

Gov’t to limit export of unprocessed leather

By Sophia Jerotich,

The government is working on regulations to ban the export of raw and semi processed leather hides and skins. This comes as efforts are made to gro...

Adan Mohamed , leather , leather industrial park , raw skins and hides