OPINION: Please release sugar task force report!

By Joseph Bonyo,

Exactly one year ago (7th November 2018), Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri unveiled a task force. In his words, the Sugar Reforms Task...

Mwangi Kiunjuri , Sugar task force

What are aflatoxins?

By Citizen Reporter,

The latest aflatoxins scare that has seen a number of products suspended by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) brings up questions on just what they...

Aflatoxin

Stakeholders launch Ksh.95B project to boost Africa’s coffee industry

By Agencies,

The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) has joined forces with the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) and the Internatio...

Twiga Foods raises Ksh.3.1 billion with boost from Goldman Sachs

By Imani Mitchelle,

Twiga Foods, a Kenyan food distribution start-up, has raised $30 million (Ksh 3.1 billion) in debt and equity through a fundraising led by Goldman Sac...

Twiga Foods

Former Deputy Auditor General charged over Ksh.100M irregular tender

By Dzuya Walter,

Former Deputy Auditor General Stephen Kinuthia was on Tuesday charged over the alleged fraudulent purchase of an audit vault in the office of the audi...

Deputy Auditor General

World Food Day: Farmers encouraged to embrace technology

By Citizen Reporter,

Farmers in Vihiga County were on Thursday urged to embrace technology as a way of redefining agribusiness. Speaking to farmers during the marking o...

Pamela Kimwele , Pamela Mahila , Vihiga

BWIRE: Refrigerated vans will cure Miraa speed carnage on our roads

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire It's time traders and stakeholders in the miraa sector revisited the manner they are carrying out their business including respecti...

Miraa

Armed robbers steal 20 bags of coffee worth Ksh.400K in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Four armed robbers on Monday raided the Gituto coffee factory in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County, and made away with 20 bags of coffee valued at Ksh.400,000...

Coffee , Kanjuu Cooperative Society , Kirinyaga County.

President Kenyatta makes extensive tour of development projects in South Coast

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday made an extensive tour of several development projects in parts of Kwale County. The President who was accompa...

Gen. Samson Mwathethe , Kwale County , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Robert Mugabe: Infamous quotes from statesman turned oppressor

By Wangui Ngechu,

The late Robert Mugabe leaves behind a legacy of oppression and tyranny, a shadow cast over the heroic nature of his hey days after overthrowing colon...

Robert Mugabe , Zibambwe

Two lawyers arrested for allegedly defrauding Sony Sugar Company millions of shillings

By George Juma,

Two lawyers in Migori County have been arrested in connection to theft of millions of shillings from Sony Sugar Company through fake litigation. Co...

Migori , Sony Sugar

Animal activists want slaughter of donkeys banned over low numbers

By Peter Mwangi,

Animal rights activists are calling on the government to ban the slaughter of donkeys in the country claiming the practice was decimating the number o...

Embu MCA wants cheap milk from Uganda banned

By Anthony Ndwiga,

An Embu MCA has called for a ban on sale of milk from Uganda to cushion the county’s dairy farmers from huge losses and exploitation by local creame...

ugandan milk

Digital payments on the rise in hidden-sight

By Kepha Muiruri,

Digital payments have continued to rise inconspicuously to break the trend of cash dominance discretely, even as cash remains king in the settlement o...

CBK , Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) , digital payments in Kenya , financial inclusion

Nigeria’s president moves to stop funding for food imports

By CNN,

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the country's central bank to stop providing foreign currency for food imports, according to a sta...

Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA). , Nigeria , President Muhammadu Buhari

Smart gas cooking seeks to break African cities’ dirty charcoal habit

By VOA,

The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 kilometers away, scientist Sebastian Ro...

charcoal , digital platform , forests , mobile money , pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system , Smart gas

Dozens dead in new bout of inter communal fighting in Chad

By VOA,

At least 37 people have been killed in fresh fighting this week between rival ethnic groups in Chad, President Idriss Deby said on Friday. The viol...

Chad , Chad’s President Idriss Deby , ethnic clashes

Uhuru’s Ksh.3 billion coffee fund hit by lengthy delay

By Kepha Muiruri,

The implementation of the Ksh.3 billion evolving cherry advanced coffee fund faces a lengthy delay, this as the state ties up the operation of the kit...

coffee farming in Kenya , KPCU , Uhuru kenyatta

Trump administration labels China a currency manipulator

By CNN,

The Trump administration on Monday designated China a "currency manipulator," after the country's central bank allowed its currency to weaken amid the...

US-China trade conflict

Climate change to cause chaos in Africa, warn scientists

By VOA,

Climate change will hit many African countries more severely than previously thought, according to a new report. Researchers warn that rapid populatio...

africa , World Meteorological Organization