Full of wisdom and experience, Olympian Asati challenges athletes to win clean

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Former Olympic champion Charles Asati has challenged active athletes to preserve the identity of Kenya in athletics by shunning doping which has becom...

athletes , Charles Asati , doping , Former Olympic champion

Sugarcane farmers issue strike notice over Ksh.2.6B debt

By George Juma,

The Kenya National Federation of Sugarcane Farmers have issued a one week strike notice to the government over unpaid arrears amounting to Ksh.2.6bill...

Kenya National Federation of Sugarcane Farmers

Kenya risks being kicked out of international coffee market: experts

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Coffee experts from Embu county have warned that Kenya risks being suspended from International Coffee Market as the country coffee has not been able ...

kenya coffee

‘Focus on the needs of your people,’ Uhuru tells Central Kenya leaders

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday told Central Kenya region leaders to be focused on the needs of their people by prioritising key development proj...

Building Bridges Initiative , Central Kenya leaders , Karatina Town , President Uhuru Kenyatta

CMA to oversee coffee exchange in proposed regulations

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) will soon undergo a radical transformation in management should the proposed recommendations by the National Taskfor...

auction , Capital Markets Authority , CMA , Coffee , Kenya Coffee Producers and Traders Association , NCE , oversight , reforms , regulations

Uhuru warns counties against wastage of resources

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked governors to prudently utilize resources allocated to the devolved units to ensure Kenyans receive efficient and ef...

Devolution , Devolution Conference , KAKAMEGA , Kakamega High School , Uhuru kenyatta

All you need to know about Tambua Empowerment Program

By Citizen Team,

Tambua Empowerment Program (TEP) is a non-governmental Organization in Kenya with its secretariat in Nairobi County. Its vision is to realize empowere...

Tambua Empowerment Program

Sh6bn set aside to buy maize harvest from farmers, Uhuru says

By PSCU,

The government will spend Kshs 6 billion to subsidize maize to make the staple food affordable to Kenyans, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday ...

agriculture , fall army worm , Jamhuri Park , Maize harvest , Nairobi International Trade Fair , President Uhuru Kenyatta , subsidized fertilizer , Uhuru , Uhuru kenyatta

Waiguru takes over Kirinyaga, pledges to transform county

By Citizen Reporter,

Ex-Devolution Cabinet Secretary, Anne Waiguru, has been sworn-in as the new Governor of Kirinyaga County. In an inauguration ceremony that was grac...

Alcohol Factories in Kirinyaga threaten to sue the Government. , anne waiguru impeachment , Former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Ann Waiguru , former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru , Kirinyaga county governor Joseph Ndathi

We also want Ksh1.2 billion, coffee, tea farmers tell President Kenyatta

By Anthony Ndwiga,

A farmer lobby group in Embu County has called upon President Uhuru Kenyatta to extend the gesture shown to miraa farmers to tea and coffee farmers by...

Coffee , miraa sector bailout , president uhutu kenyatta , tea sector

Rising Kenyan tea, coffee export prices to ease drought impact

By Reuters,

Rising prices for Kenyan tea and coffee exports will help offset the impact from a drought that has been hurting the East African nation's agriculture...

Coffee , Drought , East Africa Tea Trade Association , Edward Mudibo , export , higher proces to cushion farmers from effect of drought , kenya , ministry of agriculture , Nairobi Coffee Exchange , price rally , Richard Lesiyampe , Tea

Sasini ventures into macadamia farming

By Citizen,

Sasini Limited Company will construct a Sh400million state of the art macadamia factory as part of diversifying farmers’ income. The new macadami...

agriculture , Coffee , crop diversification , farmers , farming , Kiambu County , macadamia , Naushad Merali , nuts , sasini

Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests

By Reuters,

Before the morning mists had broken over Ivory Coast's Mont Peko National Park, thousands of newly homeless cocoa farmers and their families began to ...

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests

By Reuters,

Before the morning mists had broken over Ivory Coast's Mont Peko National Park, thousands of newly homeless cocoa farmers and their families began to ...

Cocoa , Cocoa farmers , Ivory Coast , Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests

Implement the task force report, coffee farmers tell gov’t

By Anthony Mugo,

A group of Small Scale coffee farmers drawn from the counties of Embu, Meru, Makueni and Machakos have called for the withdrawal of court cases stoppi...

Coffee Farmers , coffee taskforce report

Dairy farmers want to own KCC

By Citizen Reporter,

Dairy farmers in Embu have petitioned Parliament for Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) to be reverted back to farmers. According to KCCDL Vice Se...

Dairy farmers want , KCC , reverted

Laikipia County gov’t in bid to boost coffee farming

By Matthews Mutai,

The County Government of Laikipia is set to invest more in coffee farming after a research conducted in the area confirmed that the crop can do well i...

Batian , Coffee , coffee farming , Githiga , Gituamba , Governor Joshua Irungu , Irungu , Laikipia County. , Marmanet , Ruiru-11 , SL varieties

KIRUKU: Bring calico back and give cotton farmers reason to smile

By Agencies,

By Anne Kiruku, East African News Agency The outcomes of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held last month in N...

Elgeyo Marakwet Invests in Coffee Farming

By Too Jared,

  Soi South Agricultural officer, James Cheruiyot , said that farmers have started planting the crop in the area, with the county producin...

Baringo Farmers Earn Millions from Coffee Shop in Korea

By Too Jared,

Speaking in Nakuru town, Luka Rotich, Baringo County minister in charge of Agriculture said that this will boost farming of the crop as 14  tonnes ...