Waiguru inspects Wezesha Kirinyaga Projects, says BBI to boost county development

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru on Thursday inspected several development projects in Ndia Constituency where she interacted with farmers benef...

Kirinyaga County.

Kirinyaga County polytechnic heads trained on new TVET curriculum

By Boniface Thuku,

Kirinyaga County Youth Polytechnic Principals and their deputies have undergone training on the Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) curricu...

Bonchari MP John Oroo Oyioka is dead

By Hyline Charo,

Bonchari Member of Parliament John Oroo Oyioka died on Monday evening following a long illness. The family confirmed that Oyioka passed on at the A...

Aga Khan Hospital , Bonchari constituency , MP John Oroo Oyioka

Protests in Kisii over change in Mzee Simeon Nyachae’s funeral venue

By Chrispine Otieno,

Residents from Nyanturago in Kisii County on Thursday staged a demonstration against decision to move Mzee Simeon Nyachae's funeral venue. Also Rea...

Nyachae

KWS, Bidco pen deal to support communities living adjacent to wildlife

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and BIDCO Africa Ltd have signed a partnership that will see communities living adjacent to protected areas prone to ...

Bidco , human wildlife conflict , kws

Job loss thrusts Kenyan teachers to homeschooling, other sources of income

By Victoria Rubadiri,

Ordinarily, Jentrix Omondi would be standing in front of a classroom of pupils teaching an English lesson. Things have certainly changed since then...

coronavirus , homeschooling , schools , teachers

Senate approves new tea regulations, sets the path for radical sector changes

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Senate has overwhelmingly voted in support of the 2018, Tea Bill approving the implementation of radical changes in the tea industry. The appro...

CS Peter Munya , KTDA , Tea Bill , Tea Regulations

Leaders mourn Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta, his Deputy William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga are among leaders mourning the late John Nyagarama. President Kenyatt...

Nyagarama

Desert locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn ...

Desert locust , FAO

EABC urges East Africa partner states to market region as single investment destination

By Citizen Reporter,

The East African Business Council (EABC) is urging East Africa Partner States to harmonise investment incentives and market East Africa as a single in...

EABC , EAC , nesbitt

Kenyan farmers and young guides enlisted to protect city forests

By Reuters,

Peter Wainana remembers when the forest near his home outside Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, was so thick with trees and vegetation it was difficult to w...

forestry , Kenya Forest Service , logging , trees

Tullow re-engineers Kenyan project to fit low oil prices

By Kepha Muiruri,

Oil explorer Tullow Oil says it will deploy the 11 months left on its extended exploration license to optimize the project to fit low oil prices in th...

Tullow Oil

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.

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

South Africa’s smallholder farmer journey growing GM maize

By Guest Writer,

By: Verenardo Meeme Sixty-four-year-old Motlatsi Musi, from South Western Townships (SOWETO), has been farming since he was 12 in a venture that ha...

Kipchoge leads women groups in Mua in tree planting

By Enock Muswii,

Over ten thousand Residents of Mua Ward in Machakos County are set to benefit from free avocado seedlings through a project spearheaded by marathon wo...

Eliud Kipchoge

OPINION: Huduma Namba to exclude millions of Kenyans, violates court orders

By Guest Writer,

Millions of Kenyans will be excluded from Huduma Namba if the new (National Integrated Identity Management System) NIIMS rules under the Registration ...

Huduma Namba

President Kenyatta mourns Lands CS Farida Karoney’s father

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence and encouragement to Lands Cabinet Secretary Farida Karoney and family following the death o...

CS Farida Karoney , Mzee Edward Kiprotich Karoney , President Uhuru Kenyatta

400 families from Budalangi forced to live in primary school since April

By Reuters,

About 400 families from Budalangi, Busia County have been living at Bubango Primary School since April. This after Nzoia River that flows from the ...

Budalangi , floods

Disabled school director forced to live in his office, hawk sweets in Witeithie

By Gitau Wanyoike,

A proprietor of a private school that helps destitute students in Witeithie, Juja now resides at his office as COVID-19 continues to ravage the countr...

coronavirus , St Georges Cornerstone School , Witeithie