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Agriculture PS Lesiyampe, six NCPB officials arrested
By Ian Omondi,
1137, August 30, 2018 (EAT)
Agriculture PS Richard Lesiyampe, former National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) boss Newton Terer and four others have been arrested over irregular...
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Agriculture PS Richard Lesiyampe, 6 others to be arrested over maize scandal
By Citizen Reporter,
1054, August 30, 2018 (EAT)
The Director of Public Prosecution has ordered that Richard Lesiyampe, the Agriculture PS, and six others be prosecuted over the maize scandal. Inv...
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Maize farmers call for state support to stabilize prices
By Dennis Otieno,
1752, August 14, 2018 (EAT)
Maize farmers across the country are pushing the government to buy their produce to save them from exploitation by middlemen. This however could be...
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Carbon dioxide shortage leads to beer rationing in the UK
By CNN,
1135, July 6, 2018 (EAT)
Booker, a major UK wholesaler owned by Tesco (TSCDY), has confirmed that it's limiting customers such as bars and grocers to 10 cases of beer (300 can...
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MPs want Uhuru to form commission of inquiry into sugar, maize scandal
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1918, July 3, 2018 (EAT)
A section of Members of Parliament have petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to form a commission of inquiry to unravel those behind the illicit import...
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KEBS boss Ongwae freed on Ksh.10M bond in attempted murder charge
By Dzuya Walter,
1926, June 25, 2018 (EAT)
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Managing Director Charles Ongwae and other KEBS officials charged with attempted murder over the importation of sub-s...
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KEBS boss to face charges including attempted murder
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1628, June 23, 2018 (EAT)
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Managing Director Charles Ongwae and other top KEBS officials are set to be charged with with several offences among ...
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PAC summons Agriculture PSs over fertilizer, maize scandal
By Mbuthia Bashir,
1646, May 23, 2018 (EAT)
Agriculture Principal Secretaries Richard Lesiyampe and Professor Hamadi Boga have been ordered to appear before the National Assembly’s Public Acc...
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Safaricom targets farmers with input, credit access
By Citizen,
1846, May 22, 2018 (EAT)
Telecom operator Safaricom has partnered with agriculture supply chain firm iProcure to expand its services into the agricultural sector. Through t...
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NCPB CEO resigns, 5 top managers sent home over Ksh. 1.9B maize scandal
By Citizen Reporter,
2017, May 21, 2018 (EAT)
Another mega corruption scandal has erupted at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), this time seemingly linked to the nightmare of the high ...
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Uhuru warns counties against wastage of resources
By PSCU,
1739, April 24, 2018 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked governors to prudently utilize resources allocated to the devolved units to ensure Kenyans receive efficient and ef...
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Chances are you are eating plastic
By CNN,
1650, April 23, 2018 (EAT)
Chances are you've seen the photos of dead seabirds, their stomachs filled with scraps of plastic foraged from beaches and oceans around the world. ...
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Nestle provides lifeline for struggling Kenyan coffee farmers
By Reuters,
1547, March 21, 2018 (EAT)
When Nestle executive Stephan Canz attended the German school in Nairobi in the early 1980s, it was surrounded by lush coffee farms. Today, the tre...
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200 bags of counterfeit fertilizer nabbed in Kirinyaga
By Johnson Muriithi,
1213, January 25, 2018 (EAT)
Security officers in Kirinyaga County have impounded over 200 bags of assorted fertilizer and hundreds of DAP and NPK gunny bags in a raid for count...
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Jubilee MP threatens to ditch party
By John Wanyama,
1647, January 19, 2018 (EAT)
The House leadership row in Jubilee Party took a new twist on Friday after Marakwet East MP Bowen Kangongo threatened to ditch the ruling party over w...
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Another North Korean soldier defects to South Korea
By Mike Njoroge,
1036, December 21, 2017 (EAT)
A young, "low-ranking" North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two countries early Thursday morni...
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20 feared dead after 13-car crash in Sachangwan – PHOTOS
By Benjamin Muriuki,
916, December 13, 2017 (EAT)
At least 20 people are feared dead following a multiple car crash at the dreaded Sachangwan area on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. The horrific 11am a...
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AGRA pushes for better seed quality to boost crop production
By Dennis Otieno,
1803, November 7, 2017 (EAT)
Effective distribution systems and increased government support to private sector are key in enabling farmers get high quality seeds in Africa. Thi...
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Tea fertilizer prices rise on high production costs
By Wangui Ngechu,
1641, December 12, 2017 (EAT)
Smallholder tea farmers are set to have their input costs rise in the next season as the cost of fertilizer is set to go up. In new prices release ...
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Sh6bn set aside to buy maize harvest from farmers, Uhuru says
By PSCU,
1720, October 4, 2017 (EAT)
The government will spend Kshs 6 billion to subsidize maize to make the staple food affordable to Kenyans, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday ...
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