Africa must risk capital for its youth, Adesina urges

By Citizen Reporter,

Africa must leverage investment to unleash the potential and ingenuity of its youth, its most important asset, African development Bank President Akin...

adesina , African Development Bank , African youth , CLIMATE CHANGE

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

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...

Murkomen puts gov’t on the spot over maize farmers’ plight

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has put the national government on the spot over the plight of maize farmers in the North Rift. Addressi...

Kipchumba Murkomen , maize farmers

Kirinyaga County manufactures affordable feeds for poultry farmers

By Benjamin Muriuki,

One of the major challenges facing poultry farmers in Kenya today is lack of access to quality and affordable animal feeds. The high cost of feeds ...

Kirinyaga County. , poultry farming

Kenyans turn to their families in the village as coronavirus steals jobs

By Reuters,

In the last three months, teacher Faith Njeri has been a regular customer at a courier service office in Nairobi, collecting parcels sent from her vil...

coronavirus , families , jobs , rural

BWIRE: Food security crucial amid Covid-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's focus has been on the containment of the outbreak, and with nearly all sect...

COVID-19 , food security

Covid-19: Governor Waiguru launches food distribution for vulnerable families

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has launched the distribution of relief food to the vulnerable members of the community within the county. The exer...

Kipchoge: The humble home life in rural Kenya behind remarkable athletic success

By Agencies,

In the lush green gardens of Eliud Kipchoge's training retreat in the Kenyan highlands, the greatest distance runner of all time is describing the dus...

Eliud Kipchoge

OPINION: It is time to revive Kenya’s food system

By Citizen Reporter,

By Claire Nasike In the wake of COVID-19, Kenya’s food system has been one of the most challenged systems in Kenya with workers being laid of...

Kenya’s food system

‘Those are grasshoppers’: Kirinyaga County Gov’t rubbishes claims of locust invasion

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga County government has dismissed reports that insects recently spotted in the region are locusts. According to the Governor Anne Waiguru-l...

Governor Anne Waiguru , Kirinyaga County. , locusts , Peter Ndambiri

The rise and fall of Mwangi Kiunjuri

By Tonny Ndungu,

In October last year, ex-Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri convened a presser attended by over 40 MPs. Ther MPs who are allied to DP Ru...

Mwangi Kiunjuri

Panic in Kirinyaga as locusts spotted

By Johnson Muriithi,

Panic has now gripped farmers in Kirinyaga County after a swarm of locusts were on Sunday spotted in Mwea. Isaac Ndung’u, one of the farmers, was...

cs mwangi kiunjuri , James Kamau , Kirinyaga County. , locusts

DP Ruto on BBI: “What are all these campaigns for?”

By DPPS,

Deputy President William Ruto has questioned the use of public resources for public barazas advocating for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). A...

BBI , raila , ruto

CS Kiunjuri tells Kenyans to take photographs of locusts for Gov’t to verify

By Tonny Ndungu,

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri has given a rather odd suggestion following reports that locusts that were in Wajir could have spread elsewhere in the ...

kiunjuri , Locust invasion

Food shortage looms as heavy rains destroy crops in Trans Nzoia

By Enock Sikolia,

Farmers across the country are counting losses after the on-going heavy rains destroyed their crops. According to the Red Cross, at least 6000 acre...

food shortage , heavy rains , maize , TRANS NZOIA

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

Raila opposes plans by Gov’t to import maize

By Kassim Adinasi,

ODM leader Raila Odinga has criticised plans by Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri to import maize stating that the move will create room for cartels to t...

kiunjuri , maize import , raila

Kiunjuri dismisses resignation calls, insists on plan to import maize

By Martin Munene,

Agriculture Cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has come out to defend himself from allegations of creating an artificial maize shortage in the country ...

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri , MAIZE SHORTAGE , nyeri county

Western leaders demand Agriculture CS Kiunjuri’s resignation

By Sam Ogina,

Leaders from maize-growing regions of Western Kenya are now demanding for the resignation of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri. The lea...

agriculture , cs mwangi kiunjuri , Maize importation , WESTERN KENYA