Sugar boss: Kenya ready to drive Africa’s transition in sugar sector to power bioeconomy
Jude Chesire disclosed that Kenya’s sugar reforms strategy centres on scaling up ethanol production from molasses, expanding green energy generation using bagasse for co-generation and maximising industrial use of molasses to ensure zero waste across the value chain.
Rustlers in Samburu county kill herders, steal 500 goats as security concerns rise in northern Kenya
Security personnel are actively searching for the suspects, and a contingent of officers from the Administration Police, Regular Police and Anti-Theft Stock Unit have been deployed to Loiyangalani to pursue the bandits.
New study links GMO foods to increased risk of health problems in children
Glyphosate, as a herbicide widely used with these crops, has measurable quantities detected in food products and is listed as a probable human carcinogen by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency on Research for Cancer (IARC).
Kenya targets pork sufficiency by 2030 as it turns focus on increased commercial pig farming
Speaking during the National Stakeholders’ Sensitisation Forum for Pig Value Chain, Principal Secretary for Livestock Development Jonathan Mueke said the sector presents a major opportunity for investment and growth in the country’s agricultural economy.
Why China’s manufacturing sector is on the sprint as US-Israel versus Iran war hobbles rest of the world
Hailed by international media as a testament to China’s manufacturing strength and comprehensive local supply chain, the victory highlights a larger reality: as global economic turbulence intensifies, China’s manufacturing sector is proving its resilience and capacity for high-quality growth.
Tuju blasts Shanta Gold for secretly coveting Siaya minerals as Kakamega governor is branded President Ruto ‘stooge’ in Bushiangala gold rift
Tuju’s allegations add to suspicions in Kakamega in that senior national government officials, including President William Ruto, Cabinet Secretary for Mining Hassan Joho, and Principal Secretary for Mining Harry Kimtai are scheming to oust locals from the Ksh683.04 billion ($5.28 billion) gold discovered in Ikolomani by Shanta Gold Mining, a company that claims British background.
Minister threatens to strike off the roll 10,300 savings societies for violating code of practice
From left-right: Commissioner for Co-operative Development David Obonyo, Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development; Wycliffe Oparanya; and Cooperative Alliance of Kenya (CAK) Chief Executive Daniel Marube are speaking to the media on cooperative reforms. Behind the minister is the County Director of cooperatives for Nairobi County Dolphine Aremo
South Sudan launches $40 million livestock and fisheries programme to boost food security
The project to be implemented by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation will benefit approximately 166,000 households, reaching nearly 1.2 million people in seven counties.
COMESA adopts new strategy at Ninth Extraordinary Meeting of Council of Ministers to entrench AfCFTA
The meeting reaffirmed COMESA’s commitment to advancing regional integration and strengthening its role within the broader continental development framework, it added.
How an American oil drilling firm Amoco ‘imported cancer’ to northern Kenya, then left trail of deaths of herdsman in Kargi village
The chemicals can have “catastrophic effects” on the environment and people, said James Njuguna, an engineering professor at Robert Gordon University.
