Kenya hails its National Marine Spatial Plan as key to the East African nation’s harnessing Indian Ocean water resources
According to Japheth Ntiba, a fisheries expert and former principal secretary, the plan aligns with the United Nations Decade for Ocean Science initiative, which seeks to stimulate relevant knowledge to protect the oceans and provide new opportunities for sustainable development.
Nestle, Coca Cola and Pepsi among 11 ‘Big Food’ firms sued in California for engineering ‘public health crisis through ultra-processed food’
San Francisco on Tuesday sued 11 Big Food companies, alleging they designed “harmful” and “addictive” ultraprocessed products and aggressively marketed them to consumers, especially children. The city accused the food makers of using the “Big Tobacco playbook” to manipulate consumer perception and profit from the sale of products that cause fatty liver disease, Type 2 diabetes and other health problems.
Pests destroy macadamia worth $21.6m annually as increased pesticide use threatens Kenyan produce in word markets
MACNUT Chair Maigua said Kenya produces 45,000 metric tonnes of macadamia annually, with 44,100 tonnes being marketable, yet 17,640 tonnes is lost to insect damage, including 2,222.64 metric tonnes of high-value exportable kernels, translating into billions in lost revenue.
State bureaucracy frustrates 200,000 people who’ve applied for refuge, asylum in Kenya
According to Deu Kamuzinzi, a refugee and advocacy lead at Youth Voices Community, delays in clearing the piling backlog of applications has locked out thousands of refugees from contributing to the country’s economy.
Environmentalist links poor farming practices, deforestation in Kenyan highlands to shrinking Rift Valley lakes
According to an environmentalist Job Kareithi, poor farming practices and deforestation in highland regions have accelerated soil erosion, washing massive amounts of soil and sediment into the lakes.
Why industrialisation remains President Museveni’s figment of imagination in intellectually depraved Uganda
An industry is a self-sustaining ecosystem of factories, which feed into and originate from each other, mutually reinforcing each other and continually achieving high levels of integration with each other.
East African Community plan to harness marine resources to spur economic growth takes shape
Key sectors identified in the strategy include fisheries and aquaculture, maritime transport and ports, coastal and marine tourism, and inland waterway transport, each with economic, ecological and social dimensions.
Nairobi Coffee Exchange auction delivers powerful rebound in trading volume, market with $9.3 million sales
Grade AA coffee commanded premium rates, with the day’s highest price reaching Ksh62,783 per bag, for 104 bags of grade AA from Kiang’ombe factory which is part of Kabare Farmers’ Cooperative Society of Kirinyaga County.
Moderation in inflationary pressures fuels Kenya PMI as it hits highest level in 5 years
With readings above 50.0 signalling an improvement in business conditions on the previous month, while readings below 50.0 show a deterioration. November recorded a reading of 55.0 up from 52.5 in October and at its highest since October 2020.
‘Kenya’s sugar factories squander industrial waste that can produce 300mw of clean energy’
Eng Gumbo pointed out that the biggest impediment is the unfavourable power purchase agreements (PPAs) currently offered by Kenya Power, which do not reflect the cost of production or the investment required to modernise factories.
