Mwea ginnery set to be revived as farmers adopt BT cotton farming

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kirinyaga County Government is planning to revive Mwea Cotton Ginnery with the aim of supporting cotton farmers whose number has risen after the i...

ANNE WAIGURU , BT Cottton , Kirinyaga County.

High Court paves way for KTDA-managed factories to hold elections

By Citizen Reporter,

54 tea factories of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited can now proceed and hold director elections. This after the High Court...

KTDA , tea factories

July inflation falls to 4.36 pc on lower food and housing costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Basic consumer prices continued to fall for the fourth straight month with July inflation cooling to 4.36 percent from 4.59 percent in June. The di...

Inflation , KNBS

Court blocks implementation of Munya’s gazette notice for tea reforms committee

By Citizen Reporter,

The High Court in Nairobi on Friday issued orders stopping the implementation of a Gazette Notice by Agriculture CS Peter Munya. CS Munya sought to...

KTDA , Munya

Four police officers caught beating up JKUAT student interdicted

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Four police officers who were caught on camera brutalizing a student during protests at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)...

Hilary Mutyambai , JKUAT

What happened to JKUAT student Allan Omondi after assault?

By Ian Omondi,

A student in one of the videos showing police officers using brutal force at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has been i...

Allan Omondi , IPOA , JKUAT , Police , police brutality

Western leaders demand Agriculture CS Kiunjuri’s resignation

By Sam Ogina,

Leaders from maize-growing regions of Western Kenya are now demanding for the resignation of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri. The lea...

agriculture , cs mwangi kiunjuri , Maize importation , WESTERN KENYA

BWIRE: Why Africa must face climate change head on

By Citizen,

By Victor Bwire Accelerated effects of climate change including prolonged droughts are taking a toll on the economies of people in the Great Horn o...

Drought effects push inflation rate to 18-month high

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has released its monthly consumer price index for the month of April quoting inflation at 6.58 percent....

Drought crisis, food insecurity could worsen in Kenya – IGAD

By Elphas Lagat,

A drought crisis and food insecurity could worsen in the months of June through to October in Kenya. A drought status report by the Intergovernment...

Drought crisis , IGAD , laikipia , Makueni

OPINION: Kenya will continue to experience drought, we must learn to manage it better

By Citizen Reporter,

By Omondi Were The history of famine in Kenya is appalling. From as early as 1975, tens of thousands of people were affected with widespread dro...

ASAL , Drought , FAMINE , James Oduor , NDMA , President Uhuru Kenyatta

With photos, Kenyans say #WeCannotIgnore 1million hungry people

By Reuters,

Kenyans shared pictures of drought-hit communities on Twitter on Tuesday, calling for greater government action to end a hunger crisis which has left ...

#WeCannotIgnore

Just how exactly did the drought catch the Gov’t by surprise?

By Enock Sikolia,

The government now says that no Kenyan has died from the ongoing famine in parts of the country. But a spot check by Citizen TV revealed various pa...

baringo , frought , garissa , Hunger , Kajiado , Kilifi , KWALE , Makueni , Mandera , Marsabit , Starvation , Tana River , turkana , Wajir , West Pokot

DP Ruto says Kenya’s drought situation better than last year’s

By Mbugua John,

Deputy President William Ruto says the government is in control of the ongoing drought situation ravaging sections of the country, hence, there should...

Deputy President William Ruto , Drought Mitigation Process , National Drought Management Authority (NDMA)

China grounds Boeing 737 MAX planes after Ethiopian air crash

By CNN,

The Chinese government has grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, after an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model crashed shortly after take-off kill...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 , Ethiopian Airlines crash

14-member sugar task force unveiled

By Sam Gituku,

The government has announced a 14-member task force in a fresh initiative to try and rescue the crippled sugar sector. The task force to be gazette...

BWIRE: Kenya needs a solid disaster mitigation strategy yesterday

By Victor Bwire,

Given the latest weather and climate outlook for Kenya October to December (OND) 2018 by the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) predicting a wet se...

floods , Kenya Met , Kenya Meteorological Department

AFA bets on sugar sector regulations to streamline industry

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cane producers, harvesters and transporters will soon be included in a single government registry. This as the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA)...

AFA , agriculture and food authority , Cane Poaching , farming , miller , regulations , self regulation , Sugar , sugar companies

Sugar scandal: Parliament wants CSs Rotich, Mohamed punished

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A parliamentary committee has recommended that action be taken against Cabinet Secretaries Henry Rotich (Treasury) and Adan Mohamed (Industrialization...

Adan Mohamed , Henry Rotich , Sugar probe , sugar scandal

President Kenyatta’s brother Muhoho not linked to contraband sugar – CS

By Francis Gachuri,

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri has defended a company linked to President Uhuru Kenyatta's brother, Muhoho, against claims of importing contraband sug...

Sugar