Livestock thrives in Kiambu turn to spraying farmers with sedatives during ‘silent raids’
According to NPS officers, the move was informed by concerns raised during the “Jukwaa la Usalama” Kiambu Chapter, a public security forum where residents called for a more coordinated response.
Arid and semi-arid Kajiado County in southern Kenya experiencing milk glut as to long rains season sets in
In Isinya, farmers reported that milk prices have dropped from Ksh70 per litre during the dry season to about Ksh50 due to oversupply and low demand. They noted that the current prices cannot even cover transport costs to the market, forcing some to dispose of milk or give it to dogs.
Senator Osotsi assault in Kisumu linked to ethnic tensions in ODM party with Luos disparaging Luhyias as ‘irrelevant’
The brutal attack comes amid shifting political alignments, with Osotsi recently braking ranks with a faction of the Orange Democratic Movement associated with Oburu Odinga. He has also been linked to the emerging Linda Mwananchi camp, a grouping carving out a reform-focused agenda as political temperatures begin to rise.
Dairy industry in Vihiga County set for better days with launch of Wema Dairy in Mbale town
Dr Darlington Kadenge welcomed the establishment of Wema Dairy Cooperative Society, terming it a timely intervention that will provide a ready market for milk and promote value addition.
Farmers in Kenya ramp up push for GM maize adoption, citing Ethiopia, South Africa and Nigeria as case studies
The legal status of Bt maize has been marked with years of uncertainty, with shifting court rulings following the government’s 2022 decision to lift a decade-long ban on GMO cultivation and importation.
Smile that hides sorrow-1: When her innocent husband was burnt to death by his slave Master Cardwell, she planned revenge…
They accused him of stealing a silver pocket watch, a watch that Master Cordwell’s own son had lost in a drunken stupor down by the river. Samuel never touched it. He couldn’t have. He was with me that entire evening mending the fence behind the quarters.
Prosecution in $63.3 million drug trafficking case presents first witness of the 12 it intends to call
Lt-Col Gitonga detailed how a carefully coordinated multinational operation led to the interception of the suspects’ vessel deep in the Indian Ocean.
Bloodbath, arson arson rock British firm’s Shanta Gold mining project in Lake Victoria Basin as locals protest terms of relocation
The tension in Siaya has also cast a shadow over planned expansion of the project into neighbouring Kakamega County in the Isulu-Bushangala belt, where authorities are now ramping up civic education to forestall similar resistance.
Angry residents of Ahero town kill gangsters as wave of violent crime hits Lake Victoria Basin
In the second incident, the DCC who also chairs the Sub-County Security and Intelligence Committee said that another suspect perceived to be a member of the same gang was later cornered and murdered by a mob around Ahero Total Petrol Station.
Eating healthy: Regional government in central Kenya assimilates organic food in schools feeding programme
KOAN CEO Eustace Kiarie Said KOAN’s Kilimohai mark through a Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) is designed to certify agro-ecological produce in a way that is accessible to smallholder farmers. Mr Kiarie said that the organization aims to organise at least 800 farmers into 40 groups, connecting them to schools, local markets, and other off-takers.
