Kenya shuts slaughterhouses over loss of donkeys to Chinese who use skins for anti-ageing medicine

By Reuters,

Agriculture CS Peter Munya has ordered donkey slaughterhouses to be shut down as concerns rise over the theft of the animals by gangs seeking their sk...

ageing , donkeys

Make Kiambu Great Again: Governor James Nyoro’s grand plan

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kiambu Governor James Nyoro has taken the reins of Kiambu County from his former boss Ferdinard Waititu, vowing to make Kiambu great again. In his ...

Governor Nyoro , Kiambu Governor James Nyoro

BWIRE: Insincere leaders require a hostile media

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire It’s time the media decided; in spite of the freedom of expression provided for all Kenyans, those who thrive on giving alternati...

Chinese officials temporarily ban trade of wild animals over coronavirus

By VOA,

Chinese officials have temporarily banned the trade of wild animals, following an outbreak of coronavirus in the central city of Wuhan. Officials n...

coronavirus

Gov’t renames Moi Day to Huduma Day, Boxing Day to Utamaduni Day

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Cabinet has approved the renaming of Moi Day, which falls on October 10th as Huduma Day. In a statement to newsrooms, State House said the rena...

Huduma Day , Moi day

How group in Lamu is using solar energy to change agriculture

By Citizen Reporter,

Food security has been a conversation that has now become a global concern especially when we factor in the climatic instability caused by global warm...

agriculture , lamu , World Wildlife Fund , WWF

Where ice is like gold and rare in our rich fish industry

By Citizen Reporter,

Fishing is considered the mainstay of communities in the Coastal part of Kenya providing employment for generations. The industry has however endur...

Kiwayu Beach Management Unit

Smart Farm: Feeding pigs with poultry waste to lower costs

By Dennis Otieno,

What happens when you rear pigs and chicken separately in the same farm? Well, according to one farmer in Meru County, you save money; thanks to th...

Maili Kumi Location , muthengia , pig farm , poultry farm

BWIRE: Let’s listen to weather experts to minimise disasters

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The adverse weather conditions including the devastating floods being witnessed across the country including in West Pokot where li...

Kenya Meteorological Department , West Pokot

UAP, Eaagads issue first profit warnings on expected 2019 earnings

By Kepha Muiruri,

Insurer UAP-Old Mutual and coffee grower Eaagads have become the first publicly trading firms to issue profit warning on expected 2019 earnings. In...

Eaagads , nse , profit warnings , UAP

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

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: Solar energy is the option to lighting Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Players in the solar energy sector are raising challenges in the industry that government needs to relook as a matter of priority. ...

24-year-old university drop-out arrested for farming bhang

By Johnson Muriithi,

A 24-year-old man was on Wednesday arrested for cultivating and being possession of bhang in Mwea East, Kirinyaga County. Jackson Kariuki, who is r...

Kirinyaga

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

Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns

By CNN,

Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further de...

climate report , food production , Global emmissions , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , World Wildlife Fund's (WWF)

African cattle investing – the new cash cow?

By Reuters,

Cattle have long been considered a measure of wealth across Africa - but it is not just farmers cashing in. A pioneering app in South Africa lets i...

cattle farming

The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick in Ghana

By Reuters,

A few years after coming as a teenager to this town in Ghana to prospect for gold, Yaw Ngoha had made enough cash to marry his sweetheart and build a ...

Ghana , Gold Mining

Ex-Nairobi Finance boss Jimmy Kiamba to pay Ksh.317M or forfeit Runda home

By Dzuya Walter,

A Nairobi court on Wednesday ordered former Nairobi Finance minister Jimmy Kiamba to pay the government a total of over Ksh. 317million or forfeit his...

EACC , Jimmy Kiamba , Justice Hedwig Ogundi