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

Zimbabwe president says the country needs to import 800,000 tonnes of maize

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe needs to import 800,000 tonnes of maize following a drought that reduced the harvest by more than half, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on ...

maize , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , United Nations , Zimbambwe

Govt to allow 12M bags of maize to be imported

By Dennis Otieno,

The government will now allow millers and traders to import twelve million bags of maize in a bid to cushion Kenyans against higher maize prices. A...

Agriculture cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri , COMESA , EAC , maize , MAIZE SHORTAGE

Government releases maize to plug grain shortage

By Zeddy Sambu,

The Government has released two million bags of maize to millers to plug the grain shortage that has seen the price of flour rise 30 percent in one mo...

farmers , millers , NCPB , Peter Kuguru , Strategic maize stocks

Keter takes another swipe at DP Ruto over maize-avocado farming remarks

By Allan Irungu,

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter claims that the maize shortage experienced in the country should be blamed on cartels. In a statement on Thursday, the ...

avocados , MAIZE SHORTAGE

Zimbabwe seeks $613 million aid from donors after drought, Cyclone

By VOA,

Zimbabwe appealed on Tuesday for $613 million in aid from local and foreign donors to cover food imports and help with a humanitarian crisis after a s...

Zimbabwe

State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address

Hunger stalks Mozambique after deadly cyclone destroys farmland •

By Reuters,

Fulai Joaquim has enough food to feed his 10 children for another week, maybe two. Then, he says, it is in the hands of God. A cyclone ripped his cas...

Cyclone Idai , Mozambique