After over 100 years of mining gold Kakamega is now set for its first refinery at cost of $5 million
The governor used the occasion to highlight key development milestones in the county and reaffirm his administration’s commitment to economic transformation, infrastructure development and youth empowerment.
Golden waste: How environmentalist rake in millions from garbage in Kenya’s frontier town of Garissa
In 2021, Kenya imported approximately 575,290 tonnes of raw plastic materials, valued at around Ksh98.2 billion.
Kisumu rolls out national ID registration for high school students to ease the scramble usually witnessed in election years
To make the exercise a success, the National Registration Bureau has conducted consultative meetings with principals from various secondary schools and tertiary institutions in the area to align the exercise with institution’s schedules.
Turkana launches assessment following tree locust outbreak in Turkana South
Field observations indicated locust populations ranging from 30 to over 70 hoppers per tree, resulting in significant depletion of shrubs and vegetation. There is growing concern that the locusts could migrate to nearby farmlands as existing food sources become scarce.
‘Worst fears’ confirmed of dozens of migrants killed and dumped in Libya as UN discovers bodies
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said he was shocked by revelations that gross rights violations were uncovered at detention facilities in Tripoli run by the Stabilisation Support Authority or SSA, an armed group whose commander Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli, was killed in militia fighting in mid-May.
Minister says Kenya is on course to propelling floriculture to full potential
Kenya is the third-largest exporter of cut flowers globally, exporting to over 60 countries. The industry injects a staggering Ksh100 billion annually into the economy. It creates over 200,000 direct jobs and sustains more than a million livelihoods through backward- and forward-linkages.
Fears of President Suluhu Hassan restoking religionism in Tanzania rise as she orders crackdown on mainland church
There are fears a replay of the 2000 violence is in the offing following reports that more than 80 people allied to the opposition have either been killed police or ‘disappeared’ by Tanzanian. Gwajima alleges – without proof – that disappearances and possible murder were ordered by President Hassan.
Kenya unveils its ‘bold’ clean energy and mobility plans at nation’s EPRA innovation conference
With discussions underway on regulatory resilience, energy financing and youth led innovation, the conference is expected to produce actionable outcomes that will shape Kenya’s energy policies and investments for years to come.
Consumers grapple with soaring goat prices in Mombasa ahead of Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday
Despite the losses, traders say they are determined to ensure quality livestock reaches customers during this festive season. Injured animals, often affected during transit, are retained for personal consumption, while healthy goats are offered for sale.
Uganda hurtling to self-annihilation for ignoring environmental pluralism
In Uganda we are witnessing environmental pluralism reduced by encouraging the spread of the grass-cow culture of the nomadic pastoral human energy system. Through what appeared to be tolerated by the National Resistance Movement Regime (NRM), members of this human energy system, some coming from as far as Rwanda, Tanzania and the Mulenge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are grabbing land everywhere, destroying our agroecological systems and natural ecosystems to establish gazing systems where nature supported settled peoples in relation to the natural environments
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