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Experts warn of inflation risks despite price cool down
By Kepha Muiruri,
2026, September 4, 2019 (EAT)
Experts have warned of downward risks from inflation in spite of a significant cool down in the growth of consumer prices in recent months. Food-fu...
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July inflation hits 3-month high
By Kepha Muiruri,
2054, July 31, 2019 (EAT)
The inflation rate in July has touched a 3-month high of 6.3 percent from 5.7 percent in June highlighting increased pressure on the consumer spending...
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Tanzania to sell a million tons of maize and flour to Kenya
By Reuters,
1044, July 26, 2019 (EAT)
Tanzania will sell neighbouring Kenya one million tons of maize and flour within a year to help curb a food shortage, a senior agriculture ministry of...
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Kiunjuri dismisses resignation calls, insists on plan to import maize
By Martin Munene,
1959, July 14, 2019 (EAT)
Agriculture Cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has come out to defend himself from allegations of creating an artificial maize shortage in the country ...
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Western leaders demand Agriculture CS Kiunjuri’s resignation
By Sam Ogina,
1318, July 14, 2019 (EAT)
Leaders from maize-growing regions of Western Kenya are now demanding for the resignation of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri. The lea...
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Zimbabwe president says the country needs to import 800,000 tonnes of maize
By Reuters,
2121, July 4, 2019 (EAT)
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 ...
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Government releases maize to plug grain shortage
By Zeddy Sambu,
1437, May 16, 2019 (EAT)
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...
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Kenyan food blogger Kaluhi on nyama choma, kachumbari, mutura
By CNN,
1333, May 11, 2019 (EAT)
"Food tastes much better when you eat it with your hands," declares Nairobi-based food blogger Kaluhi Adagala, using her fingers to tease some freshly...
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Zimbabwe seeks $613 million aid from donors after drought, Cyclone
By VOA,
1219, April 10, 2019 (EAT)
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...
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Hunger stalks Mozambique after deadly cyclone destroys farmland •
By Reuters,
859, April 2, 2019 (EAT)
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...
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Zimbabwe to run out of bread in one week as flour stocks dwindle: millers
By Reuters,
1142, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay for imported wheat, according to a confide...
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Revealed: How Ksh.17B maize fund was looted at NCPB
By Enock Sikolia,
932, October 25, 2018 (EAT)
The National Treasury has revealed how traders conned the Kenyan government out of Ksh.17billion in just five months at the height of maize shortage l...
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Uhuru meets Western leaders, Wiper Party members
By PSCU,
2051, October 9, 2018 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks focusing on development and the ‘Building Bridges’ initiative with leaders from five counties in We...
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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 ...
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Treasury defends duty free waiver for sugar import
By Kepha Muiruri,
1144, June 22, 2018 (EAT)
The National Treasury has defended its move to waive duty on imported sugar in 2017, arguing the move was aimed at addressing the severe shortage occa...
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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 ...
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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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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...
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Maize farmers to register with NCPB in fight against imports
By Faith Chepng'eno,
1121, March 25, 2018 (EAT)
The government has issued a warning to traders said to be buying maize from neighboring countries and selling to the National Cereals and Produce Boar...
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Govt to audit NCPB famers’ register
By Kepha Muiruri,
1801, March 23, 2018 (EAT)
Local farmers registered under the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will be freshly audited ahead of the next harvest season in a move geared...
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