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Taxpayers to lose billions as gov’t set to sell maize at a loss
By Sam Gituku, 2111, September 12, 2018 (EAT)
Even before investigative agencies unravel the Ksh.11.5 billion maize procurement scandal, the country could lose at least Ksh.3.2 billion shillings f...

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri , maize , NCPB , Senate Committee
ODINGA: Elect more Kenyan women as Governors
By Citizen, 1538, September 7, 2018 (EAT)
Women are makers and builders of nations. In Germany to date, there is a group called the Trümmerfrauen, the rubble women. These women are the ones...

raila odinga , women
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...

maize scandal , NCPB , Richard Lesiyampe
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...

NCPB maize scam , Richard Lesiyampe
Wheat farmers assured of uptake ahead of import window
By Citizen, 1129, August 16, 2018 (EAT)
The government has announced plans to import three million tons of wheat over the next two years o cover increased consumption. Wheat farmers have ...

agriculture , Andrew Tuimor , chief administrative secretari , farming , maize , millers , Nandi , North Rift , Stephen Sang , Sugar , wheat
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...

agriculture , Devolution , Eugene Wamalwa , farming , gorogoro , maize , National Cereal and Produce Board , NCPB
Rift MPs call for release of maize farmers’ pay
By Daniel Korir, 1155, July 16, 2018 (EAT)
Legislators from the rift valley are calling on the government to release funds to clear payment to maize farmers who supplied to the national Cereals...

agriculture , maize , NCPB , Rift Valley , Samson Cherargei , Treasury
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...

Commission of Inquiry , maize scandal , sugar scandal , Uhuru kenyatta
CS Kiunjuri given deadline as maize scandal probe continues
By Mbuthia Bashir, 1848, May 30, 2018 (EAT)
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has been given 21 days to come up with an elaborate report and tally of the physical count of maize in s...

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri , DCIO , EACC , Fertilizer scandal , maize scandal , NCPB scandal
Eight suspects in NCPB maize scandal cry foul
By Cyrus Sholim, 1705, May 26, 2018 (EAT)
Eight people listed as top beneficiaries of the Ksh.1.9 billion maize scandal claim they only assisted farmers to deliver produce to the National Cere...

NCPB maize scam
Freeze assets of corrupt State officers, lawmakers say
By DPPS, 1625, May 26, 2018 (EAT)
MPs are demanding that the Assets Recovery Agency and the Criminal Investigations Department to freeze bank accounts and assets of all those linked to...

corruption , NCPB scandal , NYS scandal
Gov’t reveals names of 21 maize scandal beneficiaries
By Sam Gituku, 1228, May 25, 2018 (EAT)
The Agriculture ministry has released a list of 21 traders suspected to have allegedly conspired with National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) offici...

NCPB
KALRO steps up research as armyworm wrecks havoc
By Kepha Muiruri, 1822, May 24, 2018 (EAT)
Maize farmers will have to come to terms with evidence informing that the fall army worm cannot be eradicated in totality. Analysis on the progress...

agriculture , Armyworm , farming , funding , invasion , KALRO , maize , ministry of agriculture , pests , production , Research , Zachary Kinyua
Hit by wild weather, Kenya’s herders fire up a hot new crop, chilli peppers
By Reuters, 919, May 24, 2018 (EAT)
In this arid stretch of Kajiado County, where worsening heat and drought have been tough on livestock farmers, Arnold Ole Kapurua is experimenting wit...

agronomy , cattle , chilies , cows , farming , harsh weather , Herders , investment , Maasai , meat , pastrolists , peppers
CS Kiunjuri maintains no money was lost at NCPB
By Kepha Muiruri, 1947, May 23, 2018 (EAT)
The Ministry of Agriculture quashed pre-existing concerns on the loss of billions to illicit maize traders saying, all funds meant at buying maize to ...

agriculture , cartels , farming , fertilizer , fraud , Mwangi Kiunjuri , National Produce and Cereals Board , NCPB , Newton Terer , Theft
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 ...

Agriculture Ministry , maize scandal , National Cereals and Produce Board
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...

Devolution , Devolution Conference , KAKAMEGA , Kakamega High School , Uhuru kenyatta
Maize farmers face lengthy wait for Govt pay
By Kepha Muiruri, 2039, April 18, 2018 (EAT)
Farmers awaiting reimbursement for supplying maize to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots have been dealt a blow with the board revea...

agriculture , government pay , maize , NCPB
Gov’t subsidised fertiliser arrives at Mombasa port
By Faith Chepng'eno, 1139, April 8, 2018 (EAT)
The Kenyan Government has received fertiliser imports for distribution to farmers across the country. With only 193,000 bags left in stores, Agricu...

bags of maize , Devolution CS Mwangi Kiunjuri , fertilizers
Food shortage looms as armyworm strike again
By Dennis Otieno, 1111, April 5, 2018 (EAT)
Another food shortage looms in the country as armyworms re-emerge in Kenya’s breadbasket regions: Uasin Gishu and Nandi counties. Farmers are now...

agriculture , army worms , farmers , losses , Maize production , Nandi , spread , Uasin Gishu